Blaengwawr Colliery

Bray, Enos, 23 Apr 1873, aged 14, Haulier, Killed by trams

Daniel, Margaret, 11 Nov 1869, aged 17, Labourer, Killed by falling down shaft

Davies, D., 15 Sep 1876, aged 59, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Davies, David, 07 May 1856, Fall of coal (about 5 tons)

Davies, Isaac, 12 May 1854, aged 57, Collier, Fall of coal from roof of stall

Davies, William, 08 Mar 1861, aged 10, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Davis, D., 09 Mar 1872, aged 63, Labourer, Killed by fall of coal

Davis, John, 05 Aug 1872, aged 25, Hitcher, Killed by piece of timber falling down shaft

Davis, William, 28 Jul 1855, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal

Davis, William, 08 Mar 1861, aged 15, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Evans, David, 18 Dec 1857, aged 25, Fell off carriage in shaft

Evans, David, 10 Jun 1863, aged 35, Hitcher, Lump of coal fell down through shaft

Evans, Henry, 08 Mar 1861, aged 13, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Evans, W., 14 Mar 1873, aged 22, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Franklyn, John, 13 Jun 1857, aged 32, fall of coal (9-feet)

Griffiths, William, 16 Jun 1857, aged 21, Fall of roof (9-feet)

Harris, Henry, 12 Nov 1860, aged 18, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Herbert, David, 01 May 1866, aged 21, Engineer, Got entangled in machinery

Hopkins, Evan, 24 May 1856, Fall of coal

Hopkins, Howell, 08 Mar 1861, aged 46, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Hopkins, John, 14 Jul 1855, aged 27, Collier, Fall of coal

Howells, James, 12 Jul 1865, aged 14, Collier, Fall of stone

Howells, Morgan, 08 Mar 1861, aged 36, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Hughes, Thomas, 09 Oct 1866, aged 52, Collier, Killed by firing a shot. He was engaged to fire the shots in three or four stalls and it is supposed the gunpowder had been ignited by a little loose powder in the paper

James, James, 06 Jul 1872, aged 21, Collier, Killed by fall of coal

James, Morgan, 27 Oct 1860, aged 47, Collier, Fall of top coal (9 feet vein)

Jenkins, John, 06 Jul 1855, aged 27, Collier, Fall of coal

Jones, Daniel, 30 Sep 1873, aged 25, Haulier, Killed by fall of roof

Jones, E., 01 Apr 1871, aged 31, Hitcher, Killed by a fall of coal

Jones, Thomas, 08 Mar 1861, aged 34, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Lewis, George, 11 Mar 1856, Fall of shale from roof

Lloyd, David, 15 Mar 1864, aged 17, Haulier, Fell under trams

Meredith, Rees, 12 Feb 1853, aged 31, Collier, Explosion of firedamp from neglect of door [More information ...]

Miles, David, 23 May 1864, aged 10, Collier, Fall of coal

Morgan, John, 06 Sep 1859, aged 14, Collier, Fall of top coal (9-feet vein)

Morgan, John, 08 Mar 1861, aged 52, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Phillips, George, 08 Mar 1861, aged 30, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Phillips, William, 08 Mar 1861, aged 19, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Price, Thomas, 12 Feb 1853, aged 17, Collier, Explosion of firedamp from neglect of door [More information ...]

Prosser, Roger, 21 Aug 1868, aged 11, Door boy, Killed by a fall of roof, deceased was able to read and write

Rees, Evan, 02 Aug 1860, Collier, Fall of roof

Rees, Morgan, 15 Jul 1878, aged 18, Collier, Killed by fall of coal

Rees, Thomas, 27 Aug 1859, aged 25, Carpenter, Fell into shaft whilst fixing the shaft top protection

Rees, Thomas, 13 Sep 1875, Haulier, Killed by trams

Thomas, D., 20 May 1871, aged 32, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Thomas, David, 08 Mar 1861, aged 60, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Thomas, Ebenezer, 08 Mar 1861, aged 14, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Thomas, Evan, 10 Feb 1860, aged 14, Collier, Fall of coal, 4 feet vein, from side of heading

Thomas, J. S., 05 Nov 1880, aged 14, Collier's boy, Fall of coal

Unknown, -, 22 Jul 1856, Collier, Fall of coal (9 feet)

Unknown, -, 09 Oct 1856, Collier, Fall of coal (9 feet)

Vallis, John, 23 Apr 1913, aged 15, Collier Boy, As he and his comrade were going in to work, a horse ran wild down a short incline, and, in seeking refuge at the side of the road, he was struck by a "collar" of timber which was knocked out by the trams

Wilkins, H., 24 Sep 1874, aged 44, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Williams, Charles, 08 Mar 1861, aged 43, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Williams, Josiah, 23 Aug 1865, aged 44, Sinker, Fell from scaffold in sinking shaft

Williams, Richard, 08 Mar 1861, aged 44, Explosion of gas, working with naked lights. I had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps [More information ...]

Williams, William, 20 Nov 1857, aged 20, Fall of coal (9-feet)