Birchgrove Colliery

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Andrew, H., 22 Feb 1899, (accident: 18 Feb 1899), aged 58, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face, cliff, 12 ft. x 4 ft. x 18 ins. thick, between props and coal, while drawing down a piece of coal. Died 22nd February. Tiredmund seam

Davies, John, 09 Jun 1905, aged 62, Repairer, Fall of roof. At face ; a piece of clift quar, 6½ ft. x 4¾ ft. x 9 ins, thick, fell upon him. He was on the point of commencing to rip, and had removed two props from under the rippings. Graigola seam

Davies, Wiliam, 19 Feb 1860, aged 11, Boy, Crushed by waggon on incline above ground

Griffiths, George, 16 Apr 1889, aged 25, Collier, Drowned by an inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Hopkins, John, 16 Apr 1889, aged 30, Roadsman, Drowned by an inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Howell, Thomas, 13 Apr 1873, aged 14, Haulier, Killed by trams

Jones, David, 24 Dec 1884, aged 14, Door boy, Fell under trams

Lewis, William, 20 May 1896, aged 53, Sinker, Fall of stone from side of shaft 8 yards from bottom and 3 yards below walling. The bed for a walling curb was being prepared [More information ...]

Payne, Albert, 20 Apr 1860, aged 13, Haulier, On incline, run over

Rees, Thomas, 21 Oct 1923, aged 61, Collier, They men were digging a trench on the surface when the sides collapsed, burying them [More information ...]

Richards, John, 16 Apr 1889, aged 32, Fireman, Drowned by an inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Richards, Philip, 28 Jul 1863, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof (Graig old vein)

Rogers, George, 20 May 1896, aged 27, Sinker, Fall of stone from side of shaft 8 yards from bottom and 3 yards below walling. The bed for a walling curb was being prepared [More information ...]

Thomas, Owen, 12 Feb 1889, aged 22, Collier, A loose stone (7½ft. x 3½ft. x ft.) from the roof had been raised on its side and rested against a sprag to enable some coal to be chipped off and it fell upon him

Thomas, William, 05 Feb 1861, aged 26, Collier, Fall of coal

Warwick, Richard, 21 Oct 1923, aged 57, Collier, They men were digging a trench on the surface when the sides collapsed, burying them [More information ...]

Williams, Lewis, 16 Apr 1889, aged 22, Haulier, Drowned by an inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Young, Walter T., 26 Jun 1924, (accident: 02 May 1924, 10.40 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 47, Repairer, Young and a haulier named Rees sat down by the side of the road near the comer of a pillar. Suddenly a piece of coal burst off the side, striking them both to the ground. Young's spine was fractured, and he died on 26th June, 1924. The seam was 3 ft. 10 ins. thick, and the floor was dinted, making a total height of 5 ft. 7 ins. The men should have examined the side before sitting down