Blaen cae Gurwen Colliery

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Jones, David, 23 Dec 1885, aged 44, Collier, Fall of stone

Jones, John T., 09 Apr 1902, 9.30 p.m., aged 17, Collier, While deceased and his partner were taking an empty down to the face from a "tumbling-place," he was either knocked by the tram or squeezed between it and the coal-face

Jones, William Cecil, 26 Aug 1915, aged 13

Morgan, Richard, 25 Sep 1908, aged 46, Labourer, Crushed between buffers of railway waggons while attempting to pass between them while they were in motion

Price, Charles, 08 Nov 1901, aged 30, Timberman, Fall of roof. On road (airway), while clearing a fall and repairing the airway, another fall killed deceased on the spot, his partner having a narrow escape. Brass, or Peacock vein

Price, William, 15 Sep 1908, aged 56, Timberman, Fall of roof. On road while repairing ; while engaged in bringing down a bed of shale roof with his iron bar, it is believed that the bar struck him in the forehead as the stone was falling. He suffered from a fractured skull. Brass Vein. Safety lamps

Thomas, Thomas, 15 May 1912, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof at face. A stone fell from roof as deceased was getting coal at the face. Another person also received injuries. The stone was bell-shaped

Walker, Thomas, 14 Nov 1913, aged 19, Assistant Repairer, He was working with a repairer on a main slant, when five full trams broke loose from a journey above, and, running back, caught him before he could get into a refuge hole

Walters, John, 15 Sep 1911, aged 74, Labourer, Run over by an empty tram, which its attendant had failed to sprag, on a gradient of 1 in 12

Williams, G., 24 May 1927, (accident: 03 May 1927), aged 22, Collier, Extracting coal when stone fell on him. Died 24th

Williams, Morgan, 23 Aug 1911, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A piece of shale side above coal had fallen and pinned a boy working with deceased to the floor, and after he was liberated a further fall from the roof killed Williams

Williams, Thomas, 06 Mar 1906, aged 13, Doorboy, While on his way out at the end of his shift, he was killed by three runaway trams which had become detached from the "journey" about 230 yards higher up the slant