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Beynon Pit
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| Location: | Blaina 9½ miles [15 km] ENE of Merthyr Tydfil |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 161 The Black Mountains) SO189109, 51° 47' 26" N, 3° 10' 34" W |
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| Owners: | Lancaster's Steam Coal Collieries Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (168,000 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - 0 [being sunk and equipped] |
| 1933 - 790 (700 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1940 - 790 (700 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1947 - 712 (587 below, 125 surface) [inc. Red Ash] | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Davies, James, 20 Jun 1929, (accident: 12 Jun 1929), aged 62, Haulier, Slipped and horse overtook him and trampled him. Died 20th | ||||
| | Summers, James, 08 Apr 1930, (accident: 07 Oct 1929), aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 8th Apr. 1930 | ||||
| Wakely, Ernest, 15 May 1924, (accident: 12 May 1924, 7.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 20, Collier's Helper, He was standing close by to the collier, who was getting down some top coal, which forms the rippings of the stall roads, and the coal in falling caught him, causing a fractured leg and internal injuries. He died on the 15th inst. Electric safety lamp used | |||||
| | Watkins, Archibald Moses, 17 Mar 1930, (accident: 08 Oct 1929), aged 25, Labourer, Fall of roof from between two posts. Died 17th Mar. 1930 | ||||
| 4 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Beynon Pit
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Beynon Pit
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Cardiff and Newport Division (No. 6) by J. M. Carey, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - 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
- 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
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