	Cwmgwrach Colliery	Index	Cwmgwrach Colliery

Cwmgwrach Colliery

Location:	Glyn Neath 10½ miles [17 km] WSW of Merthyr Tydfil
Map Ref:	(Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SN878036, 51° 43' 10" N, 3° 37' 28" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Cwmgwrach and Empire Collieries Co., Ltd.
	C. and E. Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (150,000 tons)
Employment:	1923 - 500 (430 below, 70 surface)
	1933 - 930 (800 below, 130 surface)
	1937 - 930 (800 below, 130 surface)
	1940 - 930 (800 below, 130 surface)
	1947 - 930 (800 below, 130 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!

						Brombley, John, 31 Jul 1908, aged 48, Labourer, While loading a tram with refuse at the face of the quarry, a portion of the face fell out, and he was crushed against the tram by some of the lumps of clay
						Busch, George Rossiter, 01 Jul 1914, aged 42, Collier Boy, Fall of clod at face of working place
						Edwards, Lewis, 19 Oct 1928, aged 26, Collier, Getting coal and stone fell from roof — fractured base of skull
						Harris, James John, 18 Sep 1913, aged 20, Assistant Collier, He was run over by a set of full trams near a double parting
						James, John, 23 Jan 1929, (accident: 30 Aug 1928), aged 41, Haulier, Injured while shifting a tub. Died 23rd Jan. 1929
						Leyshon, William, 06 Apr 1914, aged 34, Haulier, He appears to have been riding on trams up a drift when the rope broke, the trams ran back, killing him and injuring another man. They should not have been riding on the trams
						Saddler, E. A., 19 Oct 1927, aged 51, Collier, Found asphixiated under fall

						7 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cwmgwrach Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cwmgwrach Colliery

Memorial Images:

Memorial: 1820 Cwmgwrach Colliery Disaster

Credits

Sources:

1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Swansea District (No. 11) by J. Dyer Lewis, 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
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), 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
1937 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
1947 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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website