Aberaman Colliery

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Bramble, John, 08 Jun 1903, 9.15 a.m., aged 16, Collier Boy, Fall of side. At face, coal and clod, 6 ft. by 10 ins. by 16 ins. thick, fell off a "face" slip. One sprag was said to have been crushed out. Seven feet seam

Chambers, James, 21 Feb 1910, aged 26, Spragger, Crushed by hydraulic lift at pit bottom

Clark, James, 08 Aug 1900, (accident: 05 Aug 1900, 10.30 p.m.), aged 46, Contractor, While putting harness on his horse, a runaway tram struck him so severely that he died in three days

Clark, Thomas, 31 May 1872, aged 23, Collier, Killed by fall of coal

Collins, George, 13 Apr 1855, aged 32, Labourer, Crushed between buffers of waggons

Davies, David, 07 Oct 1873, aged 29, Collier, Killed by trams

Davies, John, 18 Nov 1853, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal

Davies, John, 15 Nov 1928, aged 58, Airwayman, Suffocated by blackdamp on level

Davies, Richard, 01 Mar 1903, 10.30 a.m., aged 32, Electrician, Deceased was barring an electric motor off a trolley, when it tilted over and crushed him against a side-wall

Davies, Thomas, 29 Sep 1898, aged 53, Collier, Fall of side at face, slip of coal 8ft. long, 4ft. wide, 1ft. thick which appeared to have been spragged. Seven feet seam

Davies, Walter, 25 Nov 1905, 12.15 p.m., aged 37, Traffic Foreman, Deceased was riding out on a shackle of a full journey, and when within 20 yds. of the stopping place, he jumped off and fell back under the trams. It was supposed that he wanted to put his food box in the fireman's cabin, which was at the spot where he jumped off. He was allowed by the manager to ride to and fro

Davies, William E., 19 Nov 1903, 1 p.m., aged 31, Fireman, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 30 ft. by 13 ft. by 7 to 8 ft. thick, fell while deceased were clearing a small fall. Falls had occurred at the same spot five times before. The fifth occurred on the previous night, and two pairs of timbers had been stood, leaving a portion of the hole in the roof unsecured, which undoubtedly was the cause of the fatal fall [More information ...]

Davis, David, 21 Jun 1862, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof (9 feet vein)

Davis, Rees, 23 Nov 1857, aged 18, Fall of coal (9-feet)

Davis, Samuel, 26 Mar 1852, aged 40, Hitcher, Clod fell from side of shaft

Davis, William, 20 Apr 1855, aged 26, Collier, Burnt and suffocated by explosion of firedamp caused by naked lights in pillar workings. No rules. Inspector's cautions neglected [More information ...]

Dunn, David, 05 Nov 1912, (accident: 17 Jul 1912), aged 40, Repairing Stower, While filling a tram of rubbish a small stone fell from the side and struck him on the head. He died from the result of his injury on November 5th, 1912

Edwards, Robert, 17 Oct 1878, aged 32, Collier, Killed by fall of coal

Eggleton, William, 20 Nov 1914, aged 47, Collier, Fall of side at face of workings as he was taking down a piece of clod

Emanuel, David J., 02 Feb 1911, (accident: 26 Jan 1911), aged 37, Haulier, Injured his back while lifting a full tram on to the road. He died on the 2nd February, 1911

Evans, C., 04 Oct 1869, aged 13, Door boy, Killed by trams

Evans, Christopher, 14 Aug 1891, aged 35, Haulier, Fall of roof on heading, a tram on which he was riding having gone off the rails and struck out a pair of timbers. Road 8ft. wide, 6 ft. high inside of double timbers fixed from 2ft. to 3ft. apart. Nine-foot seam. Long wall

Evans, Daniel, 21 Jun 1862, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof (4 feet vein)

Evans, John, 14 Nov 1894, aged 41, Ripper, Fall of roof on a heading behind where they were ripping. The fall extended fully 6 yards in length, over the whole width of heading 10ft. and was from 18ins. to 2ft. in thickness. Clift roof not doubled timbered. Seven feet seam [More information ...]

Farr, Frederick, 25 Apr 1879, aged 42, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

George, Thomas, 24 Apr 1909, aged 41, Rider, Deceased was riding on the last of a journey of 18 empty trams which was being hauled up a gradient of 3 inches per yard by a single rope, when a D link, connecting two portions of the rope broke, and the journey ran back over deceased, who had fallen off the tram with the jerk. The broken link showed a clean slightly crystalline fracture

Grant, Richard, 01 Sep 1858, aged 48, Sinker, Explosion of gas in shaft, consequent on a stage being fitted tight in the shaft, and the bottom of shaft left unventilated [More information ...]

Hicks, Samuel, 24 Sep 1925, (accident: 05 May 1925), aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. Died 24 Sept

Howe, James, 27 Apr 1900, 4.30 p.m., aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 25 ft. x 7 ft. x 21 ins. thick, fell, discharging, it was said, 5 or 6 props. Nine feet seam

Hughes, John, 31 Oct 1855, aged 25, Roadman, Explosion of firedamp

James, John, 27 Jun 1863, aged 55, Roadman, Fall of roof

James, John, 15 Oct 1907, 1.15 p.m., aged 33, Haulier, Deceased was walking in front of his horse, with a tram of coal having two sprags in the wheels, down a heading dipping 2½ ins. per yard, when the horse bolted, knocking deceased down, and dragging him a distance of over 20 yards. The horse is not known to have bolted before, and had been underground for five years

James, Thomas, 20 Apr 1855, aged 12, Haulier, Burnt and suffocated by explosion of firedamp caused by naked lights in pillar workings. No rules. Inspector's cautions neglected [More information ...]

James, Thomas, 13 Jul 1882, aged 25, Collier, Fall of stone

Jeffreys, George, 26 Oct 1912, (accident: 21 Oct 1912), aged 17, Collier, Fall of side at working face. The coal discharged two sprags and fell upon his leg. He died from blood poisoning on October 26th, 1912

John, William, 19 Apr 1873, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Jones, David, 08 Nov 1853, aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal

Jones, David, 30 Sep 1899, aged 13, Collier boy, Knocked down while apparently attempting to get on journey, and was over

Jones, John, 20 Apr 1857, aged 40, Stone fell from side of shaft

Jones, John, 22 Mar 1858, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, William, 01 Mar 1909, (accident: 12 Feb 1909), aged 61, Sheaveman, Deceased was found unconscious on a haulage road, the rope having cuts its way into the bone of his left arm. Whether his sleeve became caught in the course of his work, or whether he fainted and fell across the rope is unknown. The arm became gangrenous and had to be amputated. He died from the effects of the injury on March 1st

Kellow, John, 23 Jan 1904, 10.30 a.m., aged 53, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 16 ft. by 6 ft. by 22 ins. thick. Deceased barred down a "slip" of coal, which, in falling, knocked out a prop. The stone then fell from between two slips, crushing out another prop which had been set under it. Seven feet seam

Knight, Thomas, 16 Sep 1891, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof (strong clift) between face and a prop 5ft. back: half of a "pan" 9ft. dia. breaking off 17ins. thick in middle with a "smooth" all round. Seven feet seam. Long wall

Lawrence, Thomas, 17 Jan 1912, aged 39, Collier, Fall of side (coal) at working face, discharging three sprags. After the fall a "dry break" was seen behind the fallen coal

Leaver, Edward, 18 Apr 1904, 9 a.m., aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 6 ft. by 3 ft. by 10 ins. thick. Deceased had, in compliance with the fireman's instructions, set a prop that morning under the stone, but a "slip" of coal, whioh he pulled down, struck out the prop, and so liberated the stone. Yard seam

Lewis, Isaac, 08 Oct 1898, aged 45, Timberman, Fall of roof on road clift 6ft x 7ft x to nothing thick which he was to get down. Six feet seam

Lewis, Lewis, 22 Jun 1854, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof in stall

Lewis, Thomas, 08 Jan 1861, aged 18, Collier, Fall of coal (9 feet vein)

Lewis, Thomas, 03 May 1908, aged 31, Haulier, Fall of roof. Deceased were sent to pull down a low "bridge" of cliff on an engine plane in Seven feet seam. The bridge of ground, 11 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 17 inches thick, was said to have shown no signs of weakness, but, owing to gradual squeeze, the height under it (5 feet 3 inches) was less than the average height of the plane. On the upper side of the bridge the ground had been ripped up to a bed of rock. There was no surviving witness of the accident, but an inspection of the place made it plain that as they loosened the bed of cliff, they liberated a mass of the rock bed above from a concealed slant running along one side of the road. The place was untimbered. The fall of rock was 16 feet by 7 feet by 18 to 30 inches thick, in addition to the bridge which they intended to rip [More information ...]

Lovett, Richard, 20 Apr 1855, aged 23, Collier, Burnt and suffocated by explosion of firedamp caused by naked lights in pillar workings. No rules. Inspector's cautions neglected [More information ...]

Mayo, James, 06 Dec 1881, aged 18, Haulier, Killed by falling under trams

Morgan, David, 04 Jun 1865, aged 7, Not employed, Got entangled in machinery

Morgan, George, 22 Jan 1908, aged 31, Assistant repairer, Deceased and a repairer had bored a hole about two feet in the roof, and were putting a Saxonite cartridge with detonator into it, when by some means it exploded. He was using a brass scraper, and must, I think, have exerted considerable force and struck the detonator. He was accustomed to handling explosives

Morgan, John, 19 Oct 1852, aged 60, Collier, Fall of clod in upper 4-feet coal

Morgan, John, 25 Nov 1856, Fall of coal

Morgan, Richard, 21 Oct 1886, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal and middle dirt from the face in consequence of insufficient spragging

Owen, Edward, 27 Aug 1904, 1.20 p.m., aged 40, Cog-cutter, Fall of roof. Deceased, at the end of his shift, went into an old, untimbered horseway on the seven feet seam. While there, a fall of cliff, 47 ft. by 9 ft. by 2 ft. thick, occurred, and he was buried. The fact that the workings on the overlying Yard seam had nearly reached the horseway, appears to have been overlooked by the management, who took no special precautions to deal with the squeeze

Parry, William, 04 Oct 1860, aged 38, Collier, Fall of top coal (big vein)

Phillips, Jonathan, 29 Jun 1911, aged 38, Master haulier, Crushed by trams running wild owing to the breakage of a hitching plate. A tram was thrown against him by the action of the bar hook

Poar, Albert, 19 Nov 1912, (accident: 14 Nov 1912), aged 34, Collier, Fall of side at working face. A fall of coal knocked out a sprag which struck deceased in the stomach. He died as a result of his injuries on the 19th November

Price, Joseph, 18 Jan 1861, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal

Pritchard, Thomas, 06 Apr 1892, 9.30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 40, Hitcher, Struck by a piece of ball ironstone falling from side of shaft and going through the cage cover — a semicircular one made of iron

Reece, Bryan, 16 May 1902, 11.20 p.m., aged 42, Repairing Contractor, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 8 ft. by 4¾ ft. by 20 ins. thick, while cutting away side to make room for putting up a door. He should have set a prop in the middle of the heading before commencing operations. Seven feet seam

Rees, Morgan John, 17 May 1895, aged 14, Collier's boy, While passing along face a pounce burst a block of coal out from a regular back slip and a cross rider with a six-inch clod above it. It was 6ft. long, from 9 to 27ins. wide, and 4ft. thick, the full thickness of the seam. Not spragged. Seven feet seam

Rollands, John, 06 Oct 1864, aged 46, Collier, Fall of coal

Rowden, R. J., 26 Aug 1873, aged 13, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Samuel, Thomas, 20 May 1855, aged 52, Roadman, Explosion of firedamp from open lamp, Door left open. No printed rules

Samuel, Thomas, 02 Oct 1860, aged 21, Collier, Fall of carriage in shaft

Samuel, Thomas, 18 Oct 1907, (accident: 09 Oct 1907, 10.30 a.m.), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 6½ ft. by 3½ ft. by 17 ins. thick, fell from between three slips, one of which had run up through the coal into the roof, as he worked some coal from under one end of it. I think if he had tried the roof he would have found it "given" ; the lad who worked with him had not seen him try it that day. He died on October 18th. Yard seam

Smedley, Windsor, 13 Sep 1902, 2 a.m., aged 24, Fitter, Deceased was raising, by means of a steam crab, a rope up the shaft, when his neck muffler got twisted round the intermediate shaft and strangled him. He must have been leaning over the revolving shaft. The mechanic, who was watching the rope coiling on the opposite side of the drum, ran and shut off steam as soon as he became aware of the accident, but too late to save him

Spiller, Henry, 22 Dec 1897, aged 21, Collier, Fall of side at face, coal, 4 feet 6 inches thick. Seven feet seam

Steer, George, 03 May 1908, aged 31, Ripper, Fall of roof. Deceased were sent to pull down a low "bridge" of cliff on an engine plane in Seven feet seam. The bridge of ground, 11 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 17 inches thick, was said to have shown no signs of weakness, but, owing to gradual squeeze, the height under it (5 feet 3 inches) was less than the average height of the plane. On the upper side of the bridge the ground had been ripped up to a bed of rock. There was no surviving witness of the accident, but an inspection of the place made it plain that as they loosened the bed of cliff, they liberated a mass of the rock bed above from a concealed slant running along one side of the road. The place was untimbered. The fall of rock was 16 feet by 7 feet by 18 to 30 inches thick, in addition to the bridge which they intended to rip [More information ...]

Stephens, Benjamin, 22 Mar 1858, aged 39, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Tanner, John, 10 Nov 1911, aged 32, Collier, Fall of side at working face. A piece of coal about 100 lbs. fell off the face on to him while he was trying to pull it down

Thomas, D., 22 Sep 1872, aged 14, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Thomas, Evan, 20 Apr 1855, aged 23, Collier, Burnt and suffocated by explosion of firedamp caused by naked lights in pillar workings. No rules. Inspector's cautions neglected [More information ...]

Thomas, F. H., 16 Feb 1910, aged 14, Collier boy, Fall of roof at working face. Deceased was sitting resting with two colliers when the fall occurred from a slant. One of the colliers said he had tested the roof shortly before it fell

Thomas, James, 20 Oct 1881, aged 19, Collier, Killed by the premature discharge of a shot in blasting

Thomas, John, 22 Jun 1885, aged 17, Collier, Fall of coal

Thomas, Simeon, 14 Nov 1894, aged 46, Ripper, Fall of roof on a heading behind where they were ripping. The fall extended fully 6 yards in length, over the whole width of heading 10ft. and was from 18ins. to 2ft. in thickness. Clift roof not doubled timbered. Seven feet seam [More information ...]

Thomas, Thomas, 11 Dec 1860, aged 32, Roadsman, Fall of stone

Thomas, Thomas, 29 Aug 1862, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof (9 foot vein). 2 killed [More information ...]

Thomas, Thomas, 04 Jun 1881, aged 22, Haulier, Struck by a rail projecting from a passing tram

Thomas, William, 14 Jun 1883, aged 69, Collier, Fell under trams

Titcombe, Thomas, 25 Jun 1872, aged 16, Collier, Killed by a shot going off. (The deceased's father fired the shot himself, which was against the rules of the Colliery, there being a proper shotfirer appointed to do so)

Unknown, -, 25 Jan 1851, Collier, Fall of roof in stall

Unknown, -, 04 Apr 1851, Collier, Fell under coal waggons

Unknown, -, 29 Jul 1851, Collier, Explosion of firedamp at naked light

Unknown, -, 02 Dec 1860, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal

Unknown, -, 23 Mar 1862, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal (9 feet vein)

Walker, Con., 08 Jun 1899, aged 15, Collier's boy, [Fall of roof] At face, clod, 9½ ft. x 2 ft. 10 ins. x 21 ins. thick, inside of props, 6 feet back from face. Seven feet seam

Wathen, William, 17 Sep 1908, aged 27, Brakesman, Deceased was taking three partly filled wagons down a road dipping ¾ inch per yard, and controlling them by means of the brake of the leading wagon. He was attempting to bump the lever down a notch or two with the weight of his body, when he was seen to fall backwards under the buffers. Two wagons passed over him. Riding on brakes is prohibited by rules posted in the locomotive sheds

Wilkinson, S., 03 May 1908, aged 37, Assistant ripper, Fall of roof. Deceased were sent to pull down a low "bridge" of cliff on an engine plane in Seven feet seam. The bridge of ground, 11 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 17 inches thick, was said to have shown no signs of weakness, but, owing to gradual squeeze, the height under it (5 feet 3 inches) was less than the average height of the plane. On the upper side of the bridge the ground had been ripped up to a bed of rock. There was no surviving witness of the accident, but an inspection of the place made it plain that as they loosened the bed of cliff, they liberated a mass of the rock bed above from a concealed slant running along one side of the road. The place was untimbered. The fall of rock was 16 feet by 7 feet by 18 to 30 inches thick, in addition to the bridge which they intended to rip [More information ...]

Williams, D., 23 Jan 1872, aged 15, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Williams, Daniel, 19 Nov 1903, 1 p.m., aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 30 ft. by 13 ft. by 7 to 8 ft. thick, fell while deceased were clearing a small fall. Falls had occurred at the same spot five times before. The fifth occurred on the previous night, and two pairs of timbers had been stood, leaving a portion of the hole in the roof unsecured, which undoubtedly was the cause of the fatal fall [More information ...]

Williams, Edward, 09 Mar 1883, aged 19, Collier, Fell under trams

Williams, Henry, 19 Nov 1903, 1 p.m., aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 30 ft. by 13 ft. by 7 to 8 ft. thick, fell while deceased were clearing a small fall. Falls had occurred at the same spot five times before. The fifth occurred on the previous night, and two pairs of timbers had been stood, leaving a portion of the hole in the roof unsecured, which undoubtedly was the cause of the fatal fall [More information ...]

Williams, Idris, 15 Feb 1924, (accident: 11 Feb 1924, 12.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 18, Assistant Collier, He was getting down some top coal when a piece of the clod roof broke off in line with the coal. Three converging slips were seen in the cavity after the fall. He was badly injured by the fall and died on the 15th February. Electric safety lamp used

Williams, James, 20 Apr 1855, aged 16, Haulier, Burnt and suffocated by explosion of firedamp caused by naked lights in pillar workings. No rules. Inspector's cautions neglected [More information ...]

Williams, John, 14 Mar 1873, aged 34, Collier, Killed by trams

Williams, William, 19 May 1913, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof at face. A large stone fell from side slips and a smooth top upon him. Three posts were discharged by the fall