Aber Colliery

Clatworthy, Thomas, 16 Nov 1893, aged 18, Haulier, Found fatally injured in front of tram which was partly upon him on a road dipping 5in. per yard

Darby, Eli, 18 Sep 1889, aged 69, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff) 19ft.x 9ft.x 3ft. at face of double road stall from between two visible slips 9ft. apart parallel with the face. There were six props below the fall. No. 2 Rhondda seam 6½ft. thick

Davies, E., 24 Sep 1870, aged 15, Hitcher, Killed by trams

Evan, Jones, 14 May 1888, aged 18, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Evans, Benjamin, 18 May 1908, aged 50, Repairer, Fall of roof. At face ; an old trial level used as a water course was being reopened and enlarged, when a quantity of alluvial ground burst away the face supports and suffocated the men before they could be recovered. The depth from surface was probably 12 yards to the face of the level. Naked lights [More information ...]

Gibbon, Edward, 14 May 1888, aged 24, Haulier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Heard, William, 18 May 1908, aged 43, Repairer, Fall of roof. At face ; an old trial level used as a water course was being reopened and enlarged, when a quantity of alluvial ground burst away the face supports and suffocated the men before they could be recovered. The depth from surface was probably 12 yards to the face of the level. Naked lights [More information ...]

James, John, 03 Apr 1867, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal

Jones, William, 11 May 1883, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof

Lerwell, Walter, 28 Nov 1892, 10.30 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 41, Collier, While carrying picks to smithy his foot slipped, and he fell upon a pick

Lewis, Evan, 02 Sep 1907, aged 27, Collier, When a shot-hole charged with Gelignite was being fired, a collier who had ignited the time fuse shouted "fire." The deceased who was working in the next stall appears to have mistaken the signal and took it be one for help. He reached the place at the moment of the explosion and was instantly killed

Lewis, Thomas, 11 Feb 1886, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof

Pitt, Gilbert Spencer, 26 Jan 1913, (accident: 24 Jan 1913), aged 23, Surface Labourer, He was caught between the buffers of railway wagons when shunting with horses and fatally injured. He died on January 26th, 1913

Rees, Joseph, 14 May 1888, aged 62, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Roberts, Thomas, 18 Jul 1889, aged 22, Haulier, Fall of roof (cliff quar) 3ft.x 1ft.x 1ft.8 ins. on level while going with empty trams. Road not timbered. No. 2 seam. Pillar and stall

Stanford, Jenkin, 14 May 1888, aged 27, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Thomas, David, 16 Dec 1905, aged 24, Hard-ground man, Run over by a tram which "ran wild" from the top of the drift, owing apparently to the stop-block having been left open when it should have been closed

Williams, David, 14 May 1888, aged 30, Haulier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]