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Blurton, William, 29 Mar 1912, aged 50, Collier, While engaged getting down roof in a roadway 5 yards from coal face, a stone 8 feet by 1 foot 9 inches by 9 inches thick, fell, displacing a prop. Deceased slipped and fell backwards, striking his head on some stones lying on the floor, and fractured his skull

Carsley, W., 15 Feb 1906, aged 19, Jigger, Inspection made and inquest attended. After lifting the lever of jig brake, and finding the journey did not start, he left his lever and went to push at the tubs, and failed to get back in time, as it was a short jig, and he got crushed by the empty set of tubs. The jigger's assistant was absent a short time when the accident occurred

Cash, Samuel, 01 Dec 1865, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Conde, Edward, 30 Dec 1916, aged 55, Daywageman, Crushed by runaway tubs

Davies, John Edward, 06 Nov 1925, (accident: 23 Jan 1925), aged 44, Collier, Caught between tubs causing scepticemia. Died 6th Nov

Davies, Robert, 23 Apr 1885, aged 52, Bricklayer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was getting into the cage to go up when the engineman started without a signal and the man was crushed against the bearers

Davies, Thomas, 05 Jan 1889, aged 25, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof whilst he was preparing to set a prop as ordered by the fireman. He should have set the prop earlier

Davis, John, 09 Aug 1883, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was taking an empty tub up a balance jig, when the balance box jumped off the rails and ran against a prop and loosened it, a piece of top coal falling on the deceased

Dodd, John, 16 Aug 1888, aged 36, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pulling down some coal with a bar when a large quantity of roof coal fell upon him. This accident was entirely due to carelessness as deceased had neglected to set any props though there were plenty at hand

Drury, Albert, 13 Mar 1908, aged 22, Filler, Fall of side. When filling a tub of coal at the face, a piece of coal fell off the face, capping a sprag, and fatally injuring deceased

Edwards, David, 24 Feb 1887, aged 52, Shifter, Inquest attended. He was helping the gang rider to put two loaded tubs on the road which had got off in the engine plane when a piece of the side fell off and got down a bar with some roof on to deceased. The side was evidently loosened by the tubs bumping violently against it

Edwards, John, 14 Nov 1890, aged 44, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was going round the workings and appears to have gone a short distance into the waste to examine when a stone fell out from two slips and from between the props

Edwards, John, 30 Apr 1914, aged 35, Fireman, Deceased had fired a shot in the face, and was winding the cable at the edge of the ripping in a jig brow, about 7 yards back from the face, when a portion of roof coal fell upon him causing fatal injuries. The coal fell from a slip in the roof displacing one prop at the canch of the ripping

Edwards, Thomas, 07 Jan 1878, aged 32, Doggie, Decesed was sitting at bottom of incline, when he was caught by descending tub, and crushed against the side

Evans, Robert, 19 Oct 1915, aged 26, Roadman, Crushed between tubs while making a manhole

Fox, Edwin, 20 Jun 1888, aged 26, Collier, Inquest attended. He had fired a shot which did not bring down all the coal. He then reset his sprag and went on holing when some of the top coal fell over the sprag and caught him as he was running away

Hallman, Charles, 09 Nov 1911, aged 15, Pony driver, Fall of side. When riding on the first tub of a journey in a level, a stone which had fallen off the side caused the tub to leave the rails and displace a bar, which fell and pinned him on the top of the tub. He was subsequently found dead by the fireman

Hallman, George, 05 Sep 1895, aged 15, Lasher, Inspection made and inquest attended. The endless rope had got off the pulleys top of brow dipping 1 in 8 and two full tubs unlashed off the rope were put against a scotch which gave way, and the tubs ran down striking the deceased before he could clear himself

Harris, Richard, 26 Jan 1926, aged 37, Mechineman, Killed by a fall of coal

Jones, Edward, 19 Jan 1910, aged 57, Collier, When engaged capping sprags, he was caught by a fall of coal and roof above from some slips

Jones, Emman, 07 Jul 1917, aged 45, Collier, Killed by explosion of firedamp — firing shot [More information ...]

Jones, Isaac, 07 Sep 1872, Explosion of gas

Jones, John Pryce, 14 Dec 1928, (accident: 11 Dec 1928), aged 27, Collier, Shock and bruised by fall of roof. Died 14th

Jones, Joseph, 12 Aug 1898, aged 22, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was getting coal down at the face when the roof coal fell upon him from between two slips running with the coal face. One of the slips was visible previous to the accident but they had not secured the roof sufficiently

Jones, Joseph, 19 Feb 1912, aged 30, Fireman, Deceased discovered fire-damp in a longwall face, and, leaving his safety lamp in charge of another person, he went into the gas presumably to see if the air-course was blocked. He was, in consequence, asphyxiated and found dead three or four hours later, 50 yards from where he entered the gas. Deceased had violated Special Rule 46 by going into the gas

Jones, Robert, 26 Apr 1909, aged 24, Holer, When holing under the coal, a piece of coal fell off the face from a slip upon him, capping the sprag

Jones, Samuel, 22 Oct 1875, aged 18, Drawer, Fall of coal

Jones, William Owen, 12 Nov 1927, aged 29, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Kynaston, John T., 15 Apr 1902, (accident: 14 Apr 1902), aged 15, Pony-driver, Inquiry made. The pony was pulling some tubs up a slant brow, and, as the deceased was passing the pony, it kicked him in the abdomen. He succumbed to the injuries received on the following day

Lockley, William, 26 Dec 1917, (accident: 18 Dec 1917), aged 67, Road repairer, Injured by fall of roof. Died 26th

Mills, Thomas, 31 May 1904, aged 19, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased got in an empty tub in the endless rope downbrow, and another person rode on the clip, which he had loosened to slide on the haulage rope ; when it came to a pulley, the latter was thrown off, and the tub ran down brow, and deceased was fatally injured. The other person was convicted for Breach of Rules

Morgan, Thomas, 07 Jul 1917, aged 55, Overman, Killed by explosion of firedamp — firing shot [More information ...]

Morris, Edward, 21 Nov 1884, aged 26, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The fireman had fired a shot for him, and after loading up the coal he was pulling a loose piece from the face, when he bared a "slip," and a piece of the top coal fell on him

Owen, John, 02 Jul 1920, aged 43, Assistant repairer, Killed by a fall of stone

Parry, William, 31 Mar 1885, aged 20, Hitcher, Inspection made and inquest attended. A journey was being let down the break when the hook broke and the tubs running amain caught deceased, who was at the foot of the break instead of on the level, where he would have been safe

Pearce, Edward, 24 Sep 1892, 4 a.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 27, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was clearing his top coal, which he had just drawn, when a stone fell from between the props he had set, from between two slips in the roof

Phillips, William, 25 Feb 1881, aged 37, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was holing and cut into a "slip," when the top coal and roof fell upon him. There had been neglect in the timbering

Phillips, William, 22 Dec 1913, aged 29, Assistant shotlighter and Airwayman, He was travelling the airway, which had been made over a fall of roof in the Three Yard seam, when another fall of roof occurred for about 6 feet in length. When extricated, he was found to be dead. The airway was alongside the old workings, and a slight feeder of gas was detected giving off where the fall of roof occurred

Price, Thomas, 07 Jul 1917, aged 45, Fireman, Killed by explosion of firedamp — firing shot [More information ...]

Pritchard, Samuel, Jun 1918, (accident: 25 Apr 1917), aged 31, Collier, Fractured spine by fall of roof. Died June 1918

Pritchard, Thomas Jones, 01 Apr 1926, (accident: 11 Nov 1925), aged 63, Collier, Injury to shoulder 11th Nov. 1925 - caught by falling stone. Died this day

Richards, Edward, 13 Sep 1913, aged 30, Filler, Richards was using a Sylvester appliance in order to withdraw a prop which had been uncapped from the roof in the waste, but was fast at the foot. After attaching a chain to the prop in the waste, he was said to have imprudently attached the other end of the chain to a sprag which was supporting some top coal at the face. This sprag gave way when using the Sylvester and caused a large piece of coal 6 feet in length to fall upon the deceased. He expired on reaching the surface from the effects of the injuries received

Roberts, Harold, 25 Nov 1921, aged 19, Hitcher, Fractured spine — caught by tubs

Roberts, William, 04 Sep 1912, aged 40, Drifter, Deceased was a chargeman and shot-firer, and, during his shift, had fired three shots in a stone drift. It would appear that only two of the shots exploded, and while the deceased was drilling another hole he accidentally bored into the charge which exploded and killed him. When found, his compressed air percussion drill was upon the ground and still working

Roberts, William H., 30 Nov 1909, aged 14, Clipper-on, Through one of the clips attaching the tubs to the endless rope getting somehow loose, in a brow rising 1 in 5, it caused the full tub to run back, which fatally crushed deceased before he could reach the refuge hole

Rogers, Edward, 10 Jan 1929, (accident: 08 Jan 1929), aged 57, Collier, Leg fractured by fall of coal. Died 10th Jan

Sagar, William, 23 Dec 1915, aged 44, Repairer, Killed by a fall of roof on roadway

Skitt, John, 14 May 1897, aged 67, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pulling a piece of coal off the face when a piece of roof coal fell upon him before he could clear himself from between three slips. There appeared to be not sufficient room to set any more props until they had removed the loose coal from the face

Stokes, James A., 01 Aug 1917, aged 40, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Stokes, Joshua, 28 Jan 1875, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal

Thomas, Alfred, 28 Nov 1913, aged 16, Drawer, He was engaged in pushing a tub of coal along the level, and was followed out by another drawer in charge of another full tub, who, after proceeding about 60 yards, heard the deceased shouting to hold up. The second drawer appeared to have failed to stop his full tub, and it fatally crushed the deceased against a low bar. The portion of the roadway where the accident occurred was contracted in size for a distance of 9 feet and was being enlarged, and it was recommended that the same should be completed at once

Thomas, Robert E., 17 Jan 1903, (accident: 12 Jan 1903), aged 19, Drawer, Inquiry made. He was pushing a tub with his head as well as his arms up at the top of a jig and injured his neck. He was able to work his shift out, but died from the injury received on the 17th instant. A post-mortem examination revealed that death was due to inflammation of the brain caused by the accident

Tofts, William, 31 Jan 1901, aged 20, Hatcher, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was standing on the plates bottom of jig whilst the tubs were in motion, when the jig chain broke and the full tub ran down and crushed deceased before he had managed to get one side

Walker, Robert, 22 Aug 1913, aged 31, Coal-cutter hand, A Pickwick Bar coal-cutter was under-cutting in the coal on the Longwall face in the Three Yard seam, and while deceased was regulating the position of the cutter, a stone fell from the roof upon him causing fatal injuries. The roof was propped to within 4 feet 6 inches of face, but the fall occurred between the last row of props and the face

Williams, Caradock, 14 Jan 1927, aged 12, Haulage, Killed by a fall of dirt

Williams, Charles, 11 Oct 1911, aged 32, Collier, Fall of side. Deceased, was clearing up at the coal face, where the holing had been done by a mechanical coalcutter, when a piece of top coal three feet six inches by one foot eight inches by one foot six inches to two feet, fell from between long sprags set six feet apart. There was a shorter sprag in between, but the fall came from above it

Williams, John Phillip, 19 Jan 1924, 6.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 15, Hutcher, While the deceased was attending to his full tub on a level at the top of a jig, some side fell away from a break and caused injuries from which he afterwards died

Williams, William, 24 Oct 1902, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The face of the roadway had advanced about eight yards up from the level, and the roof appeared to be taking the first weighing; when a portion fell upon the deceased, capping the last bar he had set, near the face

Wilson, Martin, 17 Mar 1927, aged 49, Joiner, Killed through the bursting of a circular saw

Wynne, Charles, 01 Sep 1906, aged 30, Ripper, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged ripping the roof down to the rock, and after knocking out a bar supporting the roof, they examined the roof and considered it would have to be blown down with a shot: and deceased proceeded to go under it, when the roof fell upon him to a slip