Cwm Cynon Colliery

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Bates, George, 11 Nov 1929, (accident: 09 Feb 1929), aged 40, Collier, Fall of top coal. Died 11th Nov

Belpin, James, 20 Dec 1899, aged 16, Haulier, Found dead near his horse and tram on a heading, having apparently been crushed between a "cog" and the tram, which was off the rails

Bevan, W. J., 11 Sep 1934, aged 37, fell down shaft

Blackmore, William, 29 Oct 1902, 9 a.m., aged 63, Labourer, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 7 ft. by 7½ ft. by 7 to 13 ins. thick, fell between the road-posts. It was part of the "rippings," but had not been taken down because it was said to have been so strong. Six feet seam

Charles, John, 09 Oct 1911, (accident: 30 Sep 1911), aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. Died 9th October, 1911

Croker, John, 30 May 1902, 2 p.m., aged 31, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal, 14 ft. by 43 ins. by 31 ins. thick, fell from a "slip." A prop was said to have been under it and two sprags against it. Six feet seam

Davidson, Robert, 27 Jan 1913, aged 40, Shifter, Fall of roof at working face. When unloading a tram of rubbish in the face of a stall road, a piece of coal roof fell upon him. Two posts were discharged by the fall

Evans, Rees, 30 Jul 1904, 7.30 a.m., aged 58, Pumpman, Scalded to death by steam which escaped into the pump room through the explosion of a stop valve chest

Evans, William D., 03 Oct 1927, aged 44, Collier, Fall of stone from top — injured head and shoulder. Died from septicemia

Fitzgerald, John, 09 Feb 1906, 5 a.m., aged 28, Haulier, A carriage, containing deceased and 21 other men, was ready to ascend the shaft. The hitcher gave the signal, but the cage was not immediately wound up as the banksman waited a minute or two to allow some firemen, who were approaching the pit, to enter the descending cage. Immediately the cage commenced its ascent, someone, either in the cage or on the plates, gave an alarm that something was falling down the pit. There was a momentary panic in the cage ; one man jumped out on the South side, and deceased and another man jumped out on the North side. Deceased must have been caught by the crown of the arch or by a beam laid in the pit to deflect falling stones from the hitchers. The alarm was groundless ; nothing fell down the pit

Floris, John, 03 Jan 1905, 3.20 p.m., aged 47, Assistant Ripper, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 12 ft. by 7½ ft. by 2½ ft. thick. Deceased and a ripper were sent to clear away the rubbish off the side of a stall, preparatory to ripping down a "bridge" (low piece of roof). While filling the first tram, the "bridge" fell on deceased. After the fall, a well defined, diagonal slant was visible on each side parallel with the stallroad. It was quite unsupported. Six feet seam

Gibbs, Bert, 08 Jan 1908, (accident: 07 Jan 1908), aged 28, Collier, Fall of side. At face, as deceased pulled a piece of coal down, it crushed out a sprag, which struck his abdomen and injured him so badly that he died on the following day. Six feet seam

Green, Philip, 28 Apr 1909, (accident: 31 Mar 1909), aged 41, Haulier, Deceased was watching a journey of 16 trams of coal being lowered down a road of varying gradients towards the pit by a tail rope, when a small D link, connecting the rope cap with the bull chain, broke, and the latter, swinging round, struck him in the groin. The breakage was due to the sudden strain caused by the rope dropping over the cheek of the drum on to the shaft. The driver was undoubtedly giving slack with his engine and gave too much. His pelvis was fractured and he died on April 28th

Griffith, Edwin, 29 Dec 1900, (accident: 24 Nov 1900, 11 a.m.), aged 54, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, clod, 6 ft. x 1 ft. x 1 ft. 9 ins. thick, while reopening an airway. Died December 29th. Four feet seam

Hart, Reginald, 01 Mar 1929, (accident: 28 Feb 1929), aged 17, Colliers helper, Fall of top coal. Died 1st Mar

Hoare, George, 17 Jun 1928, (accident: 05 Jun 1928), aged 53, Shifter, Knocked down by horse and tram caught his leg. Died 17th June

Hughes, William Edward, 05 Mar 1914, aged 19, Collier's Helper, Fall of coal roof at the working face. A trough-shaped piece of coal fell from reverse and face slips upon his neck as he was in a stooping position

Jenkin, William John, 26 Sep 1929, (accident: 25 Sep 1929), aged 54, Shifter, Horse bolted — crushed by tram. Died 26th

Jenkins, William, 01 Dec 1908, aged 23, Labourer, Fall of side. At face, coal, 8 feet by 14 inches by 3 feet thick, fell over a steel rail sprag, and crushed deceased against the gob wall. The accident was caused by the pressure forcing the head of the steel rail into the overhanging coal, and is an illustration of the danger of using steel rails as sprags. Six feet seam

Jeremiah, Hampton David, 04 Aug 1929, (accident: 02 Aug 1929), aged 31, Haulier, Fall of timber and side — stone fell. Died 4th

Jones, Daniel, 03 Mar 1911, aged 64, Hard Groundman, Fall of roof on road. While he was engaged in replacing timbers blown out by a round of shots in a hard heading, a piece of clift roof, 5 feet by 2½ feet by 15 inches thick, fell on him

Jones, William R., 28 Aug 1902, 3 p.m., aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 15 ft. by 3 ft. by 12 ins. thick. Deceased pulled down a "slip" of coal, and immediately after, the stone, which had been partly supported by the coal, fell and dislocated his neck. He ought to have stood another prop between the one standing and the face, a distance of 7 feet. Six feet seam

Kellerher, Cornelius, 20 Oct 1910, (accident: 04 Oct 1910), aged 27, Timberman, Fall of roof on a road while repairing a fall. Died 20th October, 1910

Knight, George, 26 Jun 1912, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. After securing a piece of top coal with post and lid, it discharged from a reverse slip at the side of the road, and fell upon him

Lineham, John, 17 Dec 1912, (accident: 09 Dec 1912), aged 37, Haulier, He was crushed between full trams, as he was crossing the shackles on a double parting. The trams were blocked together owing to the breakage of a haulage rope and bar-hook higher up on the parting. He died December 17th, 1912

Moore, John E., 27 Jan 1903, 8.55 a.m., aged 28, Trimmer, Blocked between wagons while moving them into position under the screens

Morris, William, 27 Sep 1913, aged 51, Sawyer, Fall of roof on roadway as he was cutting old timber

Mulcahy, Patrick, 11 Oct 1902, (accident: 07 Oct 1902, 9.45 p.m.), aged 29, Haulier, Deceased was riding on the "gun" when his horse bolted and pulled the tram against another, and crushed him so severely that he died in four days. There was ample room for him to have jumped off the "gun"

O'Connor, James, 24 May 1903, (accident: 25 Apr 1903, 10 p.m.), aged 24, Haulier, As deceased was unhitching a horse from a tram of rubbish, the hook of the horse's chains caught his trouser leg, and he was drawn along the ground for some yards by the horse. He died on 24th May from peritonitis, said to have been the result of the accident

Owen, Daniel, 14 Mar 1914, aged 49, Repairer, He was run over and killed by an outgoing journey of full trams as he was at work on a main engine plane level cleaning and deepening refuge holes

Richards, Taliesin, 13 Jan 1909, aged 43, Assistant repairer, Deceased was found in a dying state on a private railway connecting the collieries with the Taff Vale Railway. He had probably been knocked down by a coal train

Vranch, H. J., 24 Jun 1929, aged 60, Found dead

Williams, John, 25 Aug 1924, (accident: 24 Aug 1924, 11.45 p.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 51, Haulier, He was injured by a stone, weighing about 50 lbs., which fell from the roof, which was strong clift and untimbered for a distance of about 10 ft. at that place. He was travelling to his work at the beginning of the shift. He died from his injuries on the following day. Oil flame safety lamp used

Workman, Thomas Lane, 24 Nov 1914, aged 41, Incline Hitcher, He was killed attempting to get on to a pit cage, at the bottom of the shaft, as it commenced its upward journey. Several other men had rushed into the cage and he attempted to follow them without any of them being authorised to do so by the hitcher