Bersham Colliery

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Cartwright, Charles, 21 Jan 1934, (accident: 16 Dec 1933), aged 62, Carpenter

Cotton, Charles, 25 Jan 1887, aged 20, Waggon lowerer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was passing between the buffers of some empty waggons which he had omitted to scotch when they were bumped together by some other waggons coming into contact with them and he was crushed

Davies, David, 08 Jun 1894, aged 33, Chartermaster, Inspection made and inquest attended. Having worked the bottom coal they knocked the props out under the bind coal and when in the act of getting it down it gave way between two slips part of the roof also falling down upon the deceased

Davies, Ellis, 01 Nov 1957, Shotfirer

Davies, John, 13 Mar 1900, Filler, Inspection made. The horse taking a full tub up the brow stumbled, causing the tub to get unhooked from the horse, and the full tub, running back, struck an empty tub, and crushed the deceased near the bottom of down brow. Iron drags behind full tubs to be used in future, when they are drawn up-brow. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 12th instant ; address: 2, Ferndale-terrace, Rhostyllen

Davies, William, 21 Feb 1901, (accident: 15 Aug 1900), aged 37, Collier, Inquiry made. Deceased stated he received a slight blow on his hand by a stone falling upon it from the roof ; it was not reported at the time, as it was not considered serious. Blood poisoning afterwards set in, and he died from the effects of same, February 21st, 1901

Dunnico, Harold, 19 Nov 1956, aged 59, First Aid Superintendent

Evans, Edward, 05 Jun 1925, (accident: 03 Jun 1925), aged 68, Collier, Fractured spine by fall of coal. Died 5th June

Evans, Edwin, 22 Jan 1875, aged 22, Dataler, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Evans, Thomas, 03 Aug 1880, aged 32, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Evans, Thomas, 25 May 1953, aged 47, Electrician

Griffiths, Griffith, 30 Jun 1891, 11.20 p.m., aged 21, Dataler, Inquiry made. The deceased was throwing dirt into the goaf behind a pack which was partly built when a sudden weight came over the place liberating a large piece of blackstone which fell from between two props and killed him

Hanaby, Robert Emlyn, 26 May 1927, aged 32, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal at face while holing

Hanmer, Frederick, 14 Aug 1902, aged 33, Collier, Inquiry made. Deceased was in the act of drawing coal down off the face, in the main coal seam, with his pick, when it came over upon him, fatally injuring him

Hignett, John, 26 Jul 1933, aged 38, Miner

Hughes, Frederick Alexander, 26 Apr 1952, aged 49, Surface Haulage Worker

Hughes, Thomas, 05 Nov 1886, aged 32, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was preparing to set a prop as ordered by the fireman when a stone fell him

Hughes, Thomas, 25 Jul 1918, aged 56, Roadman, Fell down shaft

Jarvis, Absalom, 28 Jun 1897, aged 16, Donkey driver, Inquiry made and inquest attended. The deceased accidentally fell in front of tub, which was being drawn by a donkey which he was driving along a level. He succumbed to the injuries received at the infirmary

Jeffries, William, 29 Jan 1919, aged 33, Collier, Skull fractured by fall of roof

Johns, John, 03 Aug 1880, aged 42, Fireman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, Frank, 07 Jan 1918, aged 26, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Jones, John, 31 May 1889, aged 42, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased and another man had just finished building a "pack" when a stone fell from between the props and the face, a distance of 4 ft. catching both men. The roof was "weighting" at the time

Jones, John R., 27 Jun 1896, (accident: 17 Jun 1896), aged 13, Door boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. He went from his door assist a pony-driver to lift a tub on the road not noticing it appears that a prop had been knocked out from when it fell upon him causing such injuries that he died 27th

Jones, John William, 20 Jan 1940, aged 50, Collier

Jones, Pryce, 01 Nov 1957, Deputy

Jones, Samuel, 06 Feb 1902, aged 51, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Timber had been drawn from the waste, and when they were engaged packing, a crush came over the place, capping a bar, and the roof fell upon deceased, killing him

Jones, Samuel, 16 Oct 1940, aged 22

Jones, Thomas, 06 Jun 1940, aged 45, Fireman

Jones, William, 01 Dec 1883, aged 27, Trammer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was taking his tub down a short incline when it got off the road. He was followed by another trammer who had put in his lock, and was holding back at the tub, when the back gave way and the tub ran on to deceased who was lifting his own tub on the road. This accident was caused by the trammers following each other too closely, and the manager undertook to make arrangements as to prevent a similar occurrence in future

Jones, William, 17 Oct 1919, aged 66, Underlooker, Caught his head against roof

Jones-Evans, George, 18 Nov 1960, aged 36

Kelly, Edward, 06 Feb 1915, aged 60, Dataller, Slight cut of arm and died of scepticemia

Kyffin, Joseph, 24 Feb 1953, aged 55, Deputy

Lloyd, Edward, 18 Sep 1906, aged 17, Lasher-off, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased when attempting to unlash the chain from the empty tubs got fatally crushed by the tubs against a low bar. There was a low portion of the haulage road about four yards in length. It was recommended at the inquiry that the roadway should be enlarged as early as possible

Lloyd, Robert, 03 Aug 1880, aged 39, Hooker on, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Luke, Robert, 03 Oct 1894, aged 46, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and two other men were in a manhole when the jig was in motion the empty tubs had passed up and the deceased stepping out too soon was crushed by the full journey coming down. The manhole was sufficient size for six men to take refuge

Maddocks, John, 19 Jun 1891, 2.0 a.m., aged 57, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had just finished building a chock and went to sit down at the side of a stone pack when a piece of metal which was overhanging fell upon him and killed him

Matthias, Joseph, 03 Aug 1880, aged 34, Fireman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Morris, Thomas, 01 Jul 1910, aged 38, Collier, When working in the face alongside a fault, a sudden weighting of the roof took place ; and a piece of roof coal fell from between two slips, capping a prop, and fatally injuring deceased

Morrow, Joseph, 28 Aug 1936, Miner

Morrow, Joseph, 28 Aug 1936, Miner, killed by machinery [date of report]

Owen, Edward, 03 Aug 1880, aged 49, Fireman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Owens, Edward, 01 Oct 1900, aged 44, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged wedging coal down, when a piece of roof coal and dirt fell under him from between two slips, capping a prop which was set under the roof coal

Parry, Abel Griffiths, 18 Dec 1932, Collier

Parry, Edward, 03 Aug 1880, aged 36, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Pattison, John, 06 Mar 1884, aged 29, Engineer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was signalling to the engineman to raise the cage, not noticing that it was already in motion, and thoughtlessly took hold of the wire which passed through the pit cover instead of the handle, when the cover was suddenly raised by the ascending cage, and his arm crushed against the bearer above

Pattison, William, 03 Aug 1880, aged 57, Manager, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Pewntner, Charles, 06 Jun 1951, aged 34

Price, Richard, 28 May 1888, aged 39, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was wedging some top coal down when there was a sudden crunch and the coal fell off a slip which ran up into the roof. The place was well timbered

Roberts, Edward, 06 Nov 1925, aged 40, Byeman, Killed by a fall of roof

Roberts, James, 03 Aug 1880, aged 36, Fireman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Roberts, James, 06 May 1904, aged 32, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and three other firemen were getting out of the cage at a mouthing in the shaft, when he appears to have slipped, and stumbled on the rail backwards into the shaft and was killed

Roberts, Kenneth Andrew, 06 Jun 1985, aged 20

Roberts, Robert Henry, 16 Jan 1942, aged 64, Fireman

Samuels, Thomas, 20 Jun 1919, aged 30, Bricklayer, Fell down shaft

Smith, Joseph, 23 Jul 1886, aged 49, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was driving a place alongside a fault and was told by the fireman to set a prop as soon as there was room but this he neglected to do although reminded by his mate and a stone fell from across slip on to him. This accident might have been avoided had the place been visited more frequently by the fireman

Tompkins, George, 16 Jan 1926, aged 56, Screen foreman, Crushed between waggons and buffers

Valentine, Henry, 03 Aug 1880, aged 44, Pitman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Williams, Christopher, 13 Sep 1935

Williams, Geoffrey Keith, 19 Jul 1957, aged 28, Ripper

Williams, George, 31 Aug 1936, Collier, he had gone about 30 yards from the pit bottom when he collapsed and died

Williams, James, 14 Jul 1883, aged 41, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was passing along the face of his working place, when a piece of coal was suddenly forced off with a loud report, and crushed him against the pack. The face was perfectly straight at the time, but the roof was on the weight and the coal was forced off from a "slip"

Williams, John, 05 Jul 1934, aged 42, Collier

Williams, Peter, 24 Nov 1899, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made. After loosening two sprags set five feet apart against coal which had been holed, he was passing to the next sprag, when the coal came away striking his head against a pump. He expired after reaching his home

Williams, Robert, 15 Sep 1884, aged 37, Pitman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased got on to the cover of the upcast pit to alter the chain of the signalling wire unknown to the banksman, who had gone to the screens, and also to the engineman, who had been signalled by the former to go on when they were ready at the bottom. The hooker-on gave the signal to start, and immediately after to stop and lower, which was done, and deceased was crushed against a bearer overhead. He appears to have gone on the cover after hearing the first signal, and no doubt thought the cage would go to the bottom as usual, but did not hear the second. The engineman's attention was fixed on the indicator, and he did not see deceased, nor was he aware of the accident until the banksman called out to him

Wood, Evan Henry, 14 Jul 1948, aged 46, Collier

Wright, William Richard, 16 Nov 1916, aged 34, Stower, Killed by a fall of roof