	Brynwyth (Slant)	Index	Brynwyth (Slant)

Brynwyth (Slant)

Location:	Heolycyw 15 miles [24 km] SSW of Merthyr Tydfil
Map Ref:	(Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS950854, 51° 33' 26" N, 3° 30' 53" W
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Owners:	Raglan Collieries, Ltd.
	South Wales Coalite Co., Ltd.
Employment:	1923 - 289 (242 below, 47 surface)
	1933 - 640 (550 below, 90 surface)
	1940 - 490 (400 below, 90 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Brain, James, 06 Dec 1910, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof at working face, a slant in the roof caused three posts to be swung out and a large stone fell on him. Another man was injured by the fall
						Brown, George, 02 Jun 1913, (accident: 31 May 1913), aged 26, Haulier, He was riding on the "gun" between his horse and the tram, and, losing his light, he jumped off and was crushed between the tram and a post at the side of the road. He died on June 2nd, 1913
						Hall, Frederick, 04 Jan 1930, (accident: 31 Dec 1929), aged 24, Assistant cutter, Fall of stone. Died 4th Jan. 1930
						Harding, Charles, 21 Jul 1913, aged 43, Labourer, Fall of roof on road as he was walling rubbish on the side
						Jones, E. H., 25 Sep 1905, 11 a.m., aged 28, Fitter, An engine had been erected on the surface to haul coal up a drift, and the mechanic, engineman, and deceased were starting it to work. An empty journey had been run down, and a full journey drawn up, but, on trying to reverse, the links were stiff, so deceased took a bar to force them down, while the engineman pushed the lever. The bar slipped, deceased fell backward, and the drum, which made part of a revolution, caught his head and smashed it. The throttle valve was said to have been shut, so there must have been steam in the pipe between it and the cylinder
						Mordecai, Waldo, 20 Nov 1913, aged 17, Assistant Rider, A shackle broke as a journey of trams was being drawn up an incline ; the released trams which ran back and fatally injured him
						Thomas, William Edward, 01 May 1928, (accident: 29 Apr 1928), aged 29, Assistant repairer, Riding on trams. Died 1st May
						Treharne, John, 31 Oct 1911, aged 31, Haulier, While coupling two trams of coal he slipped and was run over
						Warren, Thomas, 22 Jun 1912, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof at face. A stone fell from a slip which ran parallel to his road. One post was discharged
						Wooloff, H. I., 25 Sep 1925, (accident: 22 Sep 1925), aged 25, Assistant repairer, Crushed by trams. Died 25th [More information ...]

						10 names found

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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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Credits

Sources:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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