Aberllefenny (Slate)

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Davies, John, 15 Oct 1875, aged 24, Slate miner, These men were engaged raising slate on a stope near the edge of an underground shaft by which the slate raised was lowered from their workings to a level 30 yards below them. While they were thus employed the rock on which they stood suddenly slid down into the shaft carrying them with it to the bottom. The ground had parted at an oblique joint, of which I was assured there were no indications before the accident occurred [More information ...]

Davies, William, 15 Oct 1875, aged 52, Slate miner, These men were engaged raising slate on a stope near the edge of an underground shaft by which the slate raised was lowered from their workings to a level 30 yards below them. While they were thus employed the rock on which they stood suddenly slid down into the shaft carrying them with it to the bottom. The ground had parted at an oblique joint, of which I was assured there were no indications before the accident occurred [More information ...]

Pritchard, William, 14 Jul 1891, 9 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 35, Miner, A man had bored a hole 9 inches deep, and charged it with gunpowder ; while he was about to fix up the candle end or "snuff" he somehow ignited the end of the fuse, which was very short and had not been turned back into a lump of clay, and the hole went off almost at once. He was not hurt, but Pritchard and Williams received blows from stones thrown by the explosion [More information ...]

Pugh, Richard, 14 Jun 1881, aged 45, Labourer, He fell 60 feet from an unfenced tram road while proceeding to his working place

Williams, John Jones, 02 Jun 1888, aged 29, Rockman, Unexpected fall of rock from about 30 ft. above him while walking along a regular travelling road

Williams, Robert, 23 Mar 1876, aged 37, Slate miner, A piece of rock fell from the roof of the chamber in which the deceased was working, and gave him a blow in the head which proved fatal. His partner who was standing by at the time could give no explanation as to the cause of the fall [More information ...]

Williams, William, 04 Jul 1894, 8 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 20, Slate getter, While he was going down a step about 6 feet high in an underground chamber by means of a short ladder it somehow overbalanced and he fell with it. He was precipitated into an intermediate shaft used for lowering blocks of slate to the next level and he dropped a distance of 60 feet