Abercynon Colliery

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Atwood, Alexander, 02 Apr 1901, aged 31, Haulier, Crushed between empty tram and side, at the mouth of a rubbish stall, the tram having been struck by otherr loaded trams passing down heading

Blunt, Richard, 14 Jan 1938, aged 27, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Bond, William A., 26 Nov 1914, aged 28, Day Rider, Owing to a shackle pin rising he was killed by a tram

Brine, George, 03 Aug 1907, (accident: 17 Jul 1907, 11.30 a.m.), aged 38, Wagon Repairer, Deceased and his mate were repairing a buffer spring on a wagon in a blind ended siding at the above colliery. In order to have room to work, they lowered down the two wagons nearest to the cross for a short distance, and so slightly fouled the crossing. A shunter, wishing to bring a wagon of small coal up the No. 4 siding, off which the blind road is turned, attached two horses to the wagon of small coal, and commenced pulling it up the straight road. There not being sufficient clearance, the buffers collided, with the result that deceased was crushed between the second wagon on the repairer's road and the third, upon which he was working. He died on August 3rd

Caddy, Henry, 23 Jan 1893, aged 38, Sinker [More information ...]

Craddock, John, 26 Sep 1900, (accident: 20 Sep 1900, 3.30 p.m.), aged 39, Ripper, He stood between two trams on a parting to let a horse and three trams pass on the other road. The middle tram got off the road, blocked the two trams together, and injured him so that he died in six days

Cripps, Edward, 28 Mar 1907, 8 a.m., aged 31, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 9 ft. by 5 ft. by 2 ft. thick, fell on deceased. He had taken an empty tram up a heading, and had unhitched his horse at the mouth of a newly turned stall. The horse, in turning, lurched against an arm and caused a fall, which discharged three pairs of timber. Six-feet seam

Daunton, Walter, 08 Jan 1914, aged 21, Assistant Repairer, Fall of stone from the roof while repairing a hole

David, Noah, 22 Oct 1903, 1.30 p.m., aged 37, Collier, Run over by a journey of three trams, through the opening of a knot in the haulage rope. A defect had been observed in the rope, and, as the spliceman could not attend to it, the fireman cut it and knotted the two ends. The road dipped 8 inches per yard, and it was very imprudent to trust a knot in a rope with a load of 4½ tons attached to it.

Davies, Alfred Thomas, 14 Nov 1913, aged 19, Afternoon Labourer, A tram of mortar broke loose from an empty journey and ran wild down the engine plane. He was caught by it as he was trying to get below a stop block fixed on the road below him. There were proper refuge holes on the road

Davies, David, 02 Apr 1903, 7.45 a.m., aged 15, Screen-oiler, Deceased was oiling some bearings of the shafting of the screening machinery, when a stud caught the sleeve of his coat, and he was carried round, and so badly bruised, that he died on the way home. The mechanical engineer had given instructions that no oiling was to be done while the machinery was in motion, but the foreman of the screeners allowed it to be done

Davies, David, 01 Jul 1914, aged 55, Collier, Fall of top coal in his working place. He was in the act of pulling down a piece of coal when it discharged, knocking out two sprags and a road post. The post struck him on the head and killed him instantaneously,

Davies, John, 27 Apr 1925, (accident: 08 Apr 1925), aged 54, Haulier, Crushed between tram and side. Died 27th April

Davies, John L., 17 Jun 1912, aged 35, Surfaceman, He was crushed between trams on the timber yard road

Davies, Richard, 23 Jan 1893, aged 54, Sinker [More information ...]

Davies, Robert, 11 May 1902, (accident: 09 May 1902, 2.30 a.m.), aged 26, Rider, Deceased was signalling to the engine-man by pulling the knocker-wire in front of the journey. When the third knock was given the journey started, the wire broke, deceased fell in front of the journey, and one tram passed over him. Died in two days

Davies, Thomas, 16 Mar 1925, (accident: 05 Mar 1925), aged 49, Repairer, Attempting to rescue his mandril from between rails tram went over his foot. Died of tetanus 16th Mar

Davies, William Lloyd, 29 Mar 1898, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof at face while unloading rubbish a sudden squeeze caused a fall of roof crushing his head against the edge of tram

Edmunds, Edgar, 05 Apr 1909, aged 19, Haulier, Deceased was found crushed between a parting cog and a full tram which his horse was bringing out of a stall road. The cog had squeezed out, but there was ample room on the other side of the road

Edwards,, Eleazar, 25 May 1906, 4.40 p.m., aged 24, Labourer, Through a mistake an empty journey was drawn in along a level before all the horses had been brought out. A haulier and deceased were following a horse out. When the journey touched the horse it turned round, and in doing so threw deceased under the trams

Elias, John, 21 May 1908, (accident: 19 May 1908), aged 29, Shackler, Deceased was walking up the Nine feet dip when he was run over by an empty journey and injured so severely that he died in two days. The speed of the journey was said to have been a walking speed. The road was of ample dimensions and well provided with manholes

Evans, Daniel, 17 Sep 1914, aged 58, Waller, Fall of roof at face. As he was unloading rubbish from a tram into the gob some timber discharged and let down the roof, killing him

Evans, David, 02 May 1924, 11.15 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 61, Repairer, He had been engaged for three days ripping down a low piece of roof on a heading, from under which the double timber — broken by a squeeze — had been withdrawn. He was stooping down for a steel wedge to drive into the roof when a stone, 4 ft. by 1 ft. 7 ins. by 12 ins. thick at one end and tapering to a knife edge, broke off with a joint. He was caught and killed instantaneously. Electric safety lamp used

Evans, Henry, 22 Oct 1891, aged 34, Sinker, Fell off walling stage into about 30 feet of water and was drowned

Evans, Isaac, 07 Mar 1905, 10 a.m., aged 18, Labourer, Run over by a journey of trams upon which he was illegalty riding

Evans, Thomas, 09 Sep 1895, aged 29, Sinker, Fell out of bowk while ascending sinking pit the bowk having caught a byat supporting the pumps [More information ...]

Frost, Eli, 11 Jan 1898, aged 44, Labourer, Fell off cage which he was clinging to having attempted to enter it after the signal was given for its ascent

Griffiths, David, 02 Apr 1904, 7.15 a.m., aged 33, Shoeing-smith, Deceased, who had just descended, walked from the shaft, about 180 yards, right into a journey of full trams, which ran over him. The roadway was 14½ ft., wide, and was well provided with manholes

Griffiths, Joshua, 09 Aug 1896, aged 20, Fitter, Caught between a haulage rope and newly erected engine by the giving way of the supports to a sheave while a journey of trams was being run

Gwilym, James, 30 Nov 1914, (accident: 21 Nov 1914), aged 15, Tipper, While resting on the head of his shovel near a wagon which had been filled at the screens, another wagon came behind and crushed his head between the buffers. He died from his injuries November 30th, 1914

Harpur, Alfred, 28 Apr 1906, aged 37, Assistant Ripper, The deceased were killed by a runaway journey, which crashed into them as they were waiting at the pit bottom to ascend at the end of their shift [More information ...]

Harrison, George, 18 Nov 1905, 1.20 p.m., aged 35, Repairer, Deceased and two fitters were walking up the south level on opposite sides of the road. As a journey was approaching, the fitters got into a manhole. Deceased for some reason tried to cross the road to join them, but was knocked down, run over by the journey, and killed. He knew the road well, and could see and hear well. The level was 14 ft, wide, and there was 4½ ft. between the rail and the left side. Where he attempted to cross to the right side of the level there was a manhole into which he ought to have got

Heath, James, 04 Mar 1924, 3.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 22, Surface Trafficman, After coupling nine empties to two ballast wagons, and attaching the haulage rope to the front wagon, he stood between a train of empty wagons and some loaded wagons, in order to shout to a wagon repairer — who was near the signal wires — to give a signal to the haulage engineman to "pull up?" The wagons travelled a distance of fifty yards, when another surfaceman saw Heath lying across the inside rail at the place where the wagons had started from. He had been run over by the empty wagons and was found dead. No definite conclusion could be arrived at as to how the accident occurred

Hodges, Henry, 14 Jun 1910, aged 31, Rider, Fell off journey in front of which he was riding and was run over by trams

Hodwick, Isaac, 20 Nov 1901, aged 36, Assistant Ripper, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 11 ft. by 8 ft. by 3½ ft. thick, fell from between two "slips," on deceased while stowing an old road, one prop was crushed out. No. 2 seam

Hughes, A., 19 Jun 1899, (accident: 13 Jun 1899), aged 24, Collier, Crushed between a tram and coal face in a dip. Tram had three sprags in wheels, and was being filled 4 ft. back, when the weight caused it to move down. Died 19th June

Hughes, John, 25 Jul 1914, aged 24, Night Haulier, As he was riding on the "gun," in bringing a full tram of coal out, he appears to have struck his head against a door frame and fell under the tram

Ingram, Peter, 29 Mar 1905, (accident: 28 Mar 1905, 8.15 a.m.), aged 35, Labourer, Two colliers were taking an empty tram down a dip road, and when near a stall in which deceased was working, allowed it to run so as to clear a slight rise in the road. Instead of running straight on, it jumped off the road at the pointers of the stall where deceased was, and crushed him fatally. He died on the following day. The colliers were very much to blame for allowing the tram its freedom on a dip of 2½ ins. per yard

Jenkins, D. J., 27 Mar 1899, aged 27, Haulier, [Fall of roof] On road, rock, 2½ ft. x 2½ ft. x 18in thick, while riding on an tram laden with rubbish. The heading was not timbered. No. 2 seam

Jenkins, Edward, 08 Jun 1910, (accident: 23 Aug 1909), aged 37, Collier, Slipped and struck his elbow against tram causing a slight wound. Bllod poisoning supervened and he died on 8th June, 1910

Jones, Charles, 11 Sep 1907, 3.45 a.m., aged 19, Labourer, Deceased was run over on a road, dipping 1½ ins. per yard, by a runaway trolley full of long timbers. The fireman instead of sending for a long coupling chain, with which to attach the trolley to the front of the journey, joined three ordinary couplings. The journey had only been lowered about 20 yards, when one of the shackle pins dropped out and liberated the trolley. The fireman was very much to blame in not sending for a long coupling chain

Jones, David, 23 Jan 1893, aged 46, Sinker [More information ...]

Jones, Godfrey, 23 Jan 1893, aged 20, Sinker [More information ...]

Jones, Henry, 28 Apr 1906, aged 38, Airway Man, The deceased were killed by a runaway journey, which crashed into them as they were waiting at the pit bottom to ascend at the end of their shift [More information ...]

Lewis, Hugh, 06 Sep 1928, (accident: 31 Aug 1928), aged 32, Haulier, Knocked down by horse caused him to be caught by tram — back injured. Died 6th Sept

Lewis, John, 16 Feb 1909, aged 41, Overman, Deceased, when riding on the shackles of an ingoing empty journey, fell off and got under the trams. The haulage road was of ample dimensions and he had permission to ride

Llewellyn, G. J., 27 Oct 1904, 1.50 p.m., aged 18, Road-cleaner, Deceased was cleaning the road of a dip when he was run over by the descending empty journey. No one knew how he got run over. The dip was of good dimensions, and there were sufficient manholes

Lloyd, Evan, 21 Jul 1906, 3.10 a.n., aged 40, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, rock, 4 ft. by 3 ft. by 1 ft. thick, fell as deceased was passing along a parting. The parting had been made four years before, and the roof had not been supported by timbers. Six-feet seam

Moon, Herbert, 28 Apr 1906, aged 31, Labourer, The deceased were killed by a runaway journey, which crashed into them as they were waiting at the pit bottom to ascend at the end of their shift [More information ...]

Morgan, G., 14 Jan 1938, aged 25, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Morgan, Ivor, 31 Jul 1912, (accident: 30 Jul 1912), aged 28, Rider, He heard part of the journey running wild above him on an inclined plane, and, instead of seeking refuge in a manhole, he ran in front and was caught and crushed. The trams ran away owing to the rising of a pin in one of the shakles. Died July 31st, 1912

Morgan, Samuel, 31 Mar 1909, aged 23, Collier, Deceased and his brother were lowering a tram containing four pieces of timber down a road dipping 3½ inches per yard. They had no sprags in the wheels, and were both holding back in front of the tram. The brother slipped on an iron sleeper, and fell clear of the tram, which overpowered deceased and crushed him against a tram standing in the face of the dip

Morgan, Thomas, 15 Jan 1901, aged 39, Assistant ripper, Fall of roof. On road, rock, 9½ ft. by 7½ ft. by 10 ins. thick to 0 ins. fell, from between road props, on him as he was passing. It had probably been broken by a "pounce" which occurred about an hour before. No. 2 seam

Morgan, Vaughan, 18 Feb 1913, (accident: 15 Feb 1913), aged 33, Clipper, In bringing up some full wagons to the boilers by means of a slow-moving endless rope and clip, he was caught between the moving wagons and some others which were standing in the siding. He died on February 18th, 1913

Morris, Edmund, 09 Sep 1895, aged 28, Sinker, Fell out of bowk while ascending sinking pit the bowk having caught a byat supporting the pumps [More information ...]

Morris, Owen, 24 Jun 1912, aged 30, Rider, He was struck by an empty tram which ran wild owing to the haulage rope breaking. A strand had been cut out of the rope at the point of breakage some hours before the accident

Muscott, William, 17 Sep 1901, aged 26, Assistant repairer, Knocked down and run over by runaway trams, a shackle pin having risen. Deceased and another repairer were engaged repairing on the plane, and the latter was properly sheltering in a manhole while the trams were passing

Newport, Samuel, 22 May 1891, aged 31, Sinker, Struck by stones from a shot of dynamite in a sinking pit while the boring of other holes was proceeding. A round of 14 shots had been lighted in the previous shift 13 of which only were heard but failing upon close examination to find a missed shot

Nicholson, John, 30 Nov 1912, aged 35, Waller, In shifting a tram of rubbish into the face of a stall road, with another workman, the sprag appears to have got loose and the tram ran wild. The comrade successfully jumped aside, but deceased was crushed between the tram and the uncut bottom at face

Norburt, Walter, 09 Sep 1895, aged 27, Sinker, Fell out of bowk while ascending sinking pit the bowk having caught a byat supporting the pumps [More information ...]

Owen, John, 10 Jun 1913, aged 41, Repairer, Fall of roof on haulage road. After timbering and lagging a place where a fall had taken place, they were engaged in finishing off the work, when another big fall occurred at the same spot, killing them [More information ...]

Pocock, Walter, 07 Dec 1911, (accident: 30 Oct 1911), aged 42, Hard Groundman, Fall of roof at working face. Died 7th December, 1911

Powell, George, 23 Oct 1911, aged 26, Repairer, Fall of side on road during repairs

Powell, John, 22 Sep 1905, 8.20 a.m., aged 23, Rider, Deceased was riding on the chain attaching the rope to a journey of empty trams, when some stones fell from the roof and struck him, causing him to fall under the trams

Price, Richard, 23 Dec 1891, (accident: 19 Dec 1891), aged 66, Preparing shots, While heating water in a kettle for thawing dynamite cartridges an explosion occurred causing injuries from which he died on 23rd December

Price, Thomas, 01 Mar 1911, aged 37, Collier's Helper, Fall of roof at working face. The exposed half of a bell stone at coal face fell on him while he was preparing to set a post under it

Pritchard, John, 09 Sep 1895, aged 41, Sinker, Fell out of bowk while ascending sinking pit the bowk having caught a byat supporting the pumps [More information ...]

Pugh, Price, 19 Jan 1903, 8.30 a.m., aged 24, Ripper, Crushed against the side of a level by runaway trams. A haulier was taking three trams up a heading rising 3 ins. per yard, when the pin of the "gun" rose or broke, and the trams ran back. The pin could not be found

Pugh, Thomas, 09 Sep 1895, aged 31, Sinker, Fell out of bowk while ascending sinking pit the bowk having caught a byat supporting the pumps [More information ...]

Punday, George, 08 Feb 1913, aged 26, Haulier, Deceased was fatally injured when taking a tram of rubbish into a stall road. He failed to stop the horse at the entrance to the road, and, losing his light, was crushed and partly run over

Richards, Morgan, 28 Apr 1906, aged 39, Engineman, The deceased were killed by a runaway journey, which crashed into them as they were waiting at the pit bottom to ascend at the end of their shift [More information ...]

Roberts, Robert, 23 Jan 1893, aged 32, Sinker [More information ...]

Robinson, T., 23 Jan 1900, 4 p.m., aged 15, Hauling engine driver, Knocked down by two trams laden with rubbish, which were being run from one side of shaft to the other

Tarr, Eli, 22 Oct 1909, aged 38, Repairer, Two colliers were taking an empty tram, controlled by three sprags, down a road, dipping 5 inches per yard, when it overcame them and, leaving the rail, crushed the deceased against the side of the dip. They should have used four sprags

Taylor, William, 11 Jul 1913, aged 31, Repairer, Fall of roof while repairing on road. When lagging a hole, a large fall occurred, discharging four pairs of timber, killing him on the spot

Thomas, Edmund, 10 Jun 1913, aged 28, Repairer, Fall of roof on haulage road. After timbering and lagging a place where a fall had taken place, they were engaged in finishing off the work, when another big fall occurred at the same spot, killing them [More information ...]

Thomas, John, 15 Jan 1927, aged 43, Rider, Haulage rope broke and journey became derailed and knocked him. Died same day

Thomas, Rees, 20 Dec 1912, aged 26, Oiler, While oiling the pulley drums on a curve of engine plane he was caught and fatally injured by a full journey of trams

Thomas, Thomas, 18 Dec 1934, Haulier, crushed by a tram [date of report]

Tudor, William, 23 Jan 1893, aged 34, Sinker [More information ...]

Tudor, William, 07 Jan 1910, aged 18, Rider, While riding on rope in front of journey he fell off and was run over by first tram

Watts, Ernest, 28 Apr 1906, aged 31, Labourer, The deceased were killed by a runaway journey, which crashed into them as they were waiting at the pit bottom to ascend at the end of their shift [More information ...]

Williams, Cad., 23 Jan 1893, aged 25, Sinker [More information ...]

Williams, John, 23 Jan 1893, aged 37, Sinker [More information ...]

Williams, Owen R., 09 Sep 1895, aged 25, Sinker, Fell out of bowk while ascending sinking pit the bowk having caught a byat supporting the pumps [More information ...]

Williams, Thomas, 25 Apr 1910, (accident: 16 Apr 1910), aged 48, Haulier, While bringing in tram of coal to the parting, his horse bolted and knocked him down and he was run over by tram. Died 25th April, 1910

Williams, William, 18 Jul 1895, aged 32, Leader sinker, He was riding down the sinking pit on box full of bricks when the engine through the breaking of the bed-plate and on reaching the walling stage the chain connecting the ropes to the box struck deceased on the head and killed him

Wilment, Sydney, 27 Oct 1914, aged 33, Ripper, Fall of roof at the mouth of a stall road. As he was cropping the side, which projected, and where the horse "roofed," a large stone fell and killed him

Wright, Rueben, 01 Mar 1911, aged 13, Collier Boy, A large lump of coal fell and forced back the tram which crushed the boy against an arm of a pair of timber