Court Herbert Colliery

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Collier, Benjamin Thomas, 30 Mar 1882, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof

Davies, David Richard, 04 Jun 1914, aged 26, Rope Attendant, He was found dead at the side of a haulage road close to a derailed journey of trams and a discharged prop of timber which was said to have been supporting a collar at that point. There was no evidence as to how he came by his death

Davies, Evan A., 16 Sep 1903, aged 17, Rope Tenter, Found dead under empty journey, having been run over. No evidence to show whether he had been riding or had simply fallen while passing to his point of duty

Davies, John, 23 Sep 1900, (accident: 22 Sep 1900, 10 a.m.), aged 18, Haulier, Crushed between front end of tram and an arm. He was taking an empty tram along a heading, when it left the rails, turned into a stall, and crushed him against the arm. Died next day

Davis, James, 16 Jan 1911, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. Five or six posts had been withdrawn for the purpose of ripping the roof at the face of a new heading, after which a fall occurred while he was fixing a prop near the face. This prop should have been set before the others were withdrawn

Evans, Jacob, 14 Aug 1859, aged 25, Collier, Fall of coal

George, John, 02 Dec 1856, Fall of stone

Hughes, John, 19 Jun 1905, aged 28, Collier, A coupling-chain pin broke on the main haulage road and deceased, who was walking up the road — a steep incline — failed to reach a manhole, was caught by the runaway trams, and crushed against the side

Jenkins, Hopkin, 01 Jun 1906, aged 51, Collier, By an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jenkins, John, 01 Jun 1906, aged 19, Collier, By an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, Elias, 01 Jun 1906, aged 62, Collier, By an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, Isaiah, 01 Jun 1906, aged 31, Collier, By an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, John, 01 Jan 1857, aged 25, Fall of roof

Jones, John, 13 Jul 1897, aged 35, Roadsman, Fall of roof at face, clift 8ft. x 2ft. x 15in from between two slips propped on each side. Graigola seam

Jones, Thomas, 24 Sep 1886, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, William, 01 Jun 1906, aged 37, Collier, By an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Lovering, John, 22 Apr 1893, aged 13, Door boy, Crushed between trams while attempting to shackle them before they had came to rest on the parting

Matthews, Lewis, 04 Apr 1881, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

Mogford, Charles Ernest, 15 Nov 1913, aged 29, Haulier, Fall of roof. He was killed as he was bringing a full tram out of a stall road

Parker, John, 19 Mar 1856, Fall of roof (coal)

Thomas, Humphrey, 20 Sep 1888, aged 58, Collier, Fall of top coal (2ft. thick) while holing in dirt below it without sprags, after trying to wedge the coal down. Pillar and stall. Victoria seam, 4ft. 9ins. thick

Thomas, Rees, 23 Mar 1897, aged 22, Haulier, Fall of roof on road, clift 11ft. x 4½ft. x 2 ft thick from between two slips close to where a shot had just been fired. Graigola Seam

Thomas, Thomas, 07 Mar 1894, aged 16, Haulier, Crushed between empty trams while attempting to detach the horse's chains before the tram ceased running

Thomas, Watkin, 17 Jul 1885, aged 30, Collier, Killed by fall of roof