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Billings, Courtney, 04 Jul 1914, aged 20, Assistant Collier, Fall of roof on roadway as he was assisting to put a tram on to the rails

Chilcott, William, 24 Jul 1883, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof

David, Owen, 12 Aug 1909, aged 28, Collier, While David was getting off a carriage upon which he and others had been riding down the slant, he used a power cable as a handrail to assist him to alight. He received a shock from which he failed to recover, although artificial respiration was resorted to until a doctor arrived. David Thomas, who proceeded to walk down the slant after Owen David had been taken to the surface, was found lying dead on the main slant, a considerable distance higher up than the place where Owen David received a shock. The doctor certified that both men died from electrocution. The armouring of the cable seems to have been alive for a considerable time, due to an injury to the cable by runaway trams, and also to inefficient earthing [More information ...]

Davies, Idris, 10 Apr 1929, (accident: 19 Dec 1928), aged 44, Haulier, Crushed between trams of coal — internal injuries. Died 10th Apr. 1929

Davies, William, 09 Feb 1928, aged 45, Repairer, Journey ran wild and became derailed and struck them — injuries to head and face [More information ...]

Dodd, Leslie, 26 Jan 1929, (accident: 15 Jan 1929), aged 16, Assistant collier, Gobbing rubbish when stone fell from roof — fractured spine. Died 26th

Evans, Thomas L., 30 Sep 1925, aged 64, Assistant repairer, Repairing a heading when stone fell which dislodged a post which fell across his shoulders — suffocated

Griffiths, Llewellyn, 21 Dec 1881, aged 25, Rider, Killed by falling under trams on incline

Haberkirk, W. T., 20 Jan 1887, aged 28, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp

Jones, Edgar, 01 Oct 1908, aged 20, Rider, A short incline or "jig," having a gradient of 1 in 2, was worked by a 12½ horse power engine, electrically driven. A rope from the drum passed up the incline and around a 2 feet sheave fixed in a horizontal framing at the top. The incline is arranged to work one tram up or down, but on this occasion two empties were drawn up, and there being no clearance at the top the capping of the rope was partly drawn round the sheave so as to allow the second tram to clear the points into a side road. The rope came out of the capping while the attempt was being made, and the deceased who was below at the points was struck down and killed by the runaway trams

Lewis, Henry, 13 Nov 1925, aged 41, Assistant repairer, Repairing double parting when fall of roof completely buried them [More information ...]

Parminter, Reginald, 21 Dec 1925, aged 32, Collier, While going back from tram a fall occurred from side — broken neck and leg fractured

Price, William, 18 Sep 1889, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof (rock) 6ft. x 4ft. x 21ins. thick close to the face in front of road supported by cogs 8 and 5ft. back. It fell between a joint that was visible and a slant not detected. No props below the part that fell. Lantern vein, 4½ft. thick. Long wall

Thomas, David, 12 Aug 1909, aged 46, Collier, While David was getting off a carriage upon which he and others had been riding down the slant, he used a power cable as a handrail to assist him to alight. He received a shock from which he failed to recover, although artificial respiration was resorted to until a doctor arrived. David Thomas, who proceeded to walk down the slant after Owen David had been taken to the surface, was found lying dead on the main slant, a considerable distance higher up than the place where Owen David received a shock. The doctor certified that both men died from electrocution. The armouring of the cable seems to have been alive for a considerable time, due to an injury to the cable by runaway trams, and also to inefficient earthing [More information ...]

Thomas, David, 18 Feb 1924, 3.0 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 59, Lamp Lighter, He was caught by four full trams, which were running by gravity down the double parting

Watkins, Ernest C., 13 Nov 1925, aged 41, Assistant repairer, Repairing double parting when fall of roof completely buried them [More information ...]