	Aberbeeg Colliery	Index	Aberbeeg Colliery

Aberbeeg Colliery

Location:	Aberbeeg 10½ miles [17 km] NW of Newport
Map Ref:	(Sheet 171 Cardiff and Newport) SO206019, 51° 42' 35" N, 3° 8' 57" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Executors of the late Henry Powell
	Budd and Co.
	Aberbeeg Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1947 - South - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. (65,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 245 (216 below, 29 surface)
	1896 - 260 (225 below, 35 surface)
	1900 - 291 (251 below, 40 surface)
	1905 - 365 (318 below, 47 surface)
	1910 - 277 (235 below, 42 surface)
	1923 - 221 (195 below, 26 surface)
	1929 - South - 212 (179 below, 33 surface)
	1933 - South - 212 (179 below, 33 surface)
	1937 - South - 212 (179 below, 33 surface)
	1940 - South - 271 (236 below, 35 surface)
	1947 - South - 176 (150 below, 26 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Tillery
	1896 - Tillery
	1900 - Tillery
	1905 - Tillery
	1910 - Tillery
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Barwell, Isaac, 07 Jan 1868, aged 30, Collier, This was also the fall of a "bell mould," which detached itself from the roof without notice ; it weighed about 12 cwt
						Evans, William, 07 Aug 1906, (accident: 12 Aug 1906), aged 43, Boiler stoker, William Evans, 43, boiler stoker, died from a strangulated hernia of long standing on the 12th August. It was alleged that he wrenched himself when at work at Aberbeeg Colliery on the 7th, but medical evidence went to show that this could not have been the case [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Gibbs, Thomas, 05 Dec 1868, (accident: 30 Nov 1868), aged 12, Door boy, Injured by trams on the 30th, and died on the 5th December
						Harris, Edmund, 01 Mar 1882, aged 66, Labourer, Fell off the cage whilst descending the pit alone. There was nothing to show what caused him to fall
						Lipyeary, Ernest, 04 Feb 1927, (accident: 01 Jan 1927), aged 43, Haulier, Derailed tram pinned him against side. Died 4th Feb
						Prosser, John, 20 Aug 1884, aged 63, Labourer, After weighing a waggon of small coal he was lowering it down the siding, which was his customary work. The waggon ran over him, but no one saw the accident happen
						Smith, William, 02 Nov 1906, aged 21, Collier, He was acting as haulier, in the absence of the usual haulier, that day, and was stooping to sprag the trams as they turned into the heading. After he had spragged the first two, the third caught in a tram, which was turned into a road, but not pushed far enough up to be out of the way, and it crushed him against the side of the road
						Williams, William, 10 Oct 1899, aged 61, Collier, Found dead in a gutter at the side of the road and beside the first tram of his journey. His head was in the water and one leg between the wheels of the tram. The space between the side of the road and the rail was 12 inches. He is supposed to have lain from thirty to forty minutes, and to have been suffocated (drowned), but how he got there is unknown

						8 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), South Western District by Thomas Cadman,, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), South Western District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Southern District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1929 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd. [DMM Ref: L-01597 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website