Cwmaman Colliery

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Argust, R. J., 23 May 1911, aged 13, Collier Boy, Fell out of cage while descending shaft with eight others. Maximum number, ten

Brynant, William, 16 Sep 1911, 12.30 p.m., aged 45, Lampman, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...]

Chidjig, Joseph, 25 Sep 1892, 2.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 46, Repairer, Fall of roof while clearing a fall

Daniel, Thomas, 09 Oct 1879, aged 26, Collier, Killed by being crushed between cage and pit eye arch

Davies, D., 13 Nov 1875, aged 15, Door boy, Killed by trams

Davies, Daniel, 27 Jun 1910, (accident: 25 Mar 1910), aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. The place was well timbered. Died 27th June, 1910

Davies, David, 29 Sep 1879, aged 22, Collier, Killed by falling under cage

Davies, David, 19 Feb 1912, (accident: 25 Sep 1911), aged 45, Overman, Fall of roof while examining horse-road. Died 19th February, 1912

Davies, Evan, 30 Dec 1893, (accident: 18 Dec 1893), aged 47, Repairer, Fall of stone near face after ripping the roof. The stone had rested partly on the gob and had probably been loosened by the operation of ripping. Six feet seam. Died 30th December

Davies, John, 10 Mar 1889, aged 27, Repairer, Fall of roof (cliff) 8ft. x 6ft. x 20ins. thick in a road 5¾ft. high and 6ft. wide was being ripped. The stone fell on knocking out a prop fixed in the side 3 feet from edge of ripping. Long wall

Davies, John, 14 Jul 1893, aged 43, Repairer, Fall of roof on road while clearing a fall. No double timbers. Six feet seam

Davies, John, 08 Jun 1901, (accident: 20 Mar 1901), aged 31, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, while knocking out low timbers to repair a double parting. Six feet seam. Died August 6, 1901

Davies, Thomas, 15 Jun 1889, aged 17, Labourer, While unloading a tram of rubbish one end of the tram tilted up and his head was jammed between the roof and the cross bar of tram

Davies, Thomas, 16 Sep 1911, 12.30 p.m., aged 32, Haulier, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...]

Dawkins, Samuel, 08 Sep 1902, 1 p.m., aged 45, Collier, Knocked down by a full journey as it was going into the pit parting. It is supposed that he was walking alongside of the moving journey, stumbled, and fell under the trams. He was making his way out at end of shift

Edwards, Daniel, 07 Nov 1866, aged 21, Collier, Fall of stone

Evans, John, 13 Aug 1884, aged 62, Labourer, Fall of stone

Evans, John C., 14 Nov 1885, aged 68, Lampman, Fell under trams

Evans, Richard, 03 Sep 1912, aged 55, Master Hitcher, The journey at pit bottom overran the mark, and the front tram ran into the waiting cage. Whether he accidentally touched the signal is not clear, but the cage started away as he was between the trams pushing them back. He was badly crushed. The banksman and engineman say they had a distinct signal

Evans, Thomas, 18 Apr 1886, aged 61, Stower, Crushed between trams

Evans, William, 24 May 1876, aged 15, Door boy, Killed by trams on engine plane

Evans, William, 21 Oct 1905, (accident: 04 Oct 1905, 3.30 p.m.), aged 40, Rider, Deceased attached the main rope to a journey of 24 trams of coal, and signalled to the enginmnan to pull out. As the journey started, the pin of the second shackle broke. Owing to the contraction of the rope, the two trams jerked rapidly forward, and struck deceased violently as he was crossing the road. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, which had to be amputated a week after. Gangrene set in, and he died on the 17th day after the accident. The broken shackle pin could not be found

Evans, William, 25 Sep 1907, (accident: 04 Sep 1907, 8.45 a.m.), aged 51, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 2 ft. by 2 ft. by 6 ins. thick. Deceased tested the roof and began to hole above the coal, when the fall occurred, struck him on the back, and fractured his spine. He died on September 25th. Nine-feet seam

Griffiths, Daniel, 13 Oct 1913, (accident: 06 Oct 1913), aged 53, Stower, As he was walking outbye on an engine plane, he was knocked down and fatally injured by a journey of empty trams. He died October 11th, 1913

Griffiths, David J., 16 Jan 1890, aged 23, Collier, Full of roof (clift, 6ft. x 3ft. x 18ins. thick) where he was turning a stall off a cross heading. One prop was below the part which fell. 6ft. seam. Longwall

Hale, Alfred, 27 Mar 1908, aged 23, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 4 feet by 18 inches by 18 inches thick. As he was taking a tram along a heading a pair of timber was crushed out, which allowed a stone to fall on deceased. The heading was closely timbered inwards, but outwards there was a length of 4 or 5 yards untimbered. No. 2 Yard seam

Harris, A. J., 01 Oct 1910, aged 17, Collier, Overtaken and run over by journey while hurrying out at end of shift [More information ...]

Harris, E. J., 31 Jul 1910, (accident: 14 Jul 1910), aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof at working face cut his finger. Died from cellulitis and blood poisoning on 31st July, 1910

Howells, Jospeh, 19 Apr 1886, aged 12, Door boy, Crushed by tram

Howells, Thomas, 04 Jul 1885, aged 12, Collier, Fall of roof

Hughes, Henry, 10 Feb 1914, (accident: 09 Feb 1914), aged 30, Night Haulier, Fall of roof at the mouth of a stall road. Only a very small portion of ground fell, but his spine was fractured and he died the following day

Hughes, William, 16 Jan 1910, aged 45, Collier, Slipped and struck his head while striking drill in vertical up over hole while roofing up a staple pit, resulting in fracture of skull

Jeal, George, 27 Oct 1891, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof at face of heading semicircular piece of rock from a smooth slip just reached breaking off 8ins. thick at row of props 5ft. back. No prop below part which fell. 2ft. 9in. seam, 3ft. 3ins. thick. Long wall

John, D., 15 May 1871, aged 24, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

John, Morris, 16 Jan 1885, aged 46, Labourer, Fell down pit

John, William, 07 May 1917, aged 42, Collier, Taken ill whilst working as a miner

Jones, David, 20 May 1865, aged 15, Collier, Explosion of gas 2 men also burnt but recovered

Jones, Edward, 28 Dec 1905, 7.50 a.m., aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 8 ft. by 3 ft. by 4½ ins. thick, fell as deceased was driving a small wedge into the "butt" of the coal. It was unsupported. Seven feat seam

Jones, Frank, 14 May 1917, aged 38, Hitcher, Accidental death by falling down a staple pit [Date of inquest]

Jones, George, 01 Sep 1904, 8.30 p.m., aged 32, Repairer, An empty tram and a tram loaded with timbers were being drawn by a horse along a heading rising slightly ; deceased and his assistant were following. When they had proceeded 200 yards, the hook coupling the trams rose, the tram laden with timber ran back, caught deceased as he was stooping to pick up a stone lying on the road, and ran over him

Jones, John, 02 Jul 1880, aged 22, Haulier, Falling under a tram

Jones, Lavis, 15 Mar 1900, 6 p.m., aged 51, Boilersmith, Fell from the top of the headgear while fixing a wire rope guide

Jones, Reuben, 16 Oct 1889, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff) 9ft. x 3ft. x 15ins. from a slip in face of heading between face and cogs 7ft. and 4ft. back. 6-ft. seam. Long wall

Jones, Samuel, 28 Sep 1909, (accident: 20 Jan 1909), aged 52, Fireman, Deceased, instead of getting into a manhole to allow a full journey to pass, stood on the side of the road and was crushed between an awkwardly filled tram and the side. He died from the after effects of his injuries on Sept. 28th

Jones, Thomas, 01 Aug 1906, 5.20 a.m., aged 52, Haulier, Deceased was taking his horse to the stable, and when within abont 30 yards of it, was knocked down by an outgoing journey and fatally injured. He could see that the main rope was in motion, and I cannot understand, why he did not get out of the way. The horse turned and ran back in front of the journey, and was uninjured. The roadway was of ample dimensions, and was provided with sufficient manholes, opposite to one of which deceased was found

Joseph, Thomas, 15 Jan 1892, 9.45 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof from slips inside of posts 3ft. back from face

Kirby, James, 07 Apr 1908, (accident: 06 Apr 1908), aged 32, Assistant repairer, Fall of roof. Deceased and a repairer had pulled out two pairs of timber, and one arm of an intermediate pair with a prop-drawing machine, and were, barring down some of the cliff roof which had been deprived of its support, when a large fall occurred, and the remaining arm of the central pair was forced violently against deceased's abdomen, and inflicted internal injuries from which he died next day. Four feet seam

Lewis, Lewis, 01 Oct 1910, aged 19, Collier, Overtaken and run over by journey while hurrying out at end of shift [More information ...]

Lewis, William, 17 Apr 1911, (accident: 16 Apr 1911), aged 65, Mason, While stepping from wall to ladder, he fell into the soot pit of economiser and was severely burnt. Died April 17th, 1911

Llewelyn, John, 21 May 1895, aged 26, Collier, While removing bottom stone he drove a wedge into a charge of gelignite which had not been fired in consequence of an issue of firedamp near the place. Six feet seam

Measey, Richards, 09 Jul 1864, aged 50, Pitman looking after pumps, Fell into sump

Moon, Harry, 20 Apr 1902, (accident: 12 Mar 1902, 10 a.m.), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 3 ft by 18 ins. by 4 ins. thick, fell while he was ripping top down. He died on April 20th. Six feet seam

Morgan, David, 04 Aug 1898, aged 38, Sinker, Struck on head at bottom of sinking pit by an air-pipe

Morgan, David, 06 Jul 1910, aged 51, Rider, He appeared to have slipped while getting on the second shackle of a journey, leaving a double parting. His body was found lying across the shackle at the next stopping place

Morgans, Morgan, 03 Aug 1876, aged 24, Haulier, Killed by trams on incline plane

Murray, Patrick, 28 Jan 1907, 12.30 a.m., aged 26, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 11 ft. by 7 ft. by 12 ins. thick, from under which five pairs of timber had been withdrawn with a prop drawing machine, fell on deceased as he was carrying away the timbers. There was a "slant" on either side of the heading and a smooth parting above. The repairer stated that he tried the roof over, before deceased commenced carrying away timber. Nine-feet seam

Nicholas, Howell, 10 Oct 1856, Died of natural causes

Owen, John, 19 Sep 1895, aged 40, Repairer, The framing of an incline sheave gave way while a journey of trams were descending and deceased was struck either by the sheave or brake handle

Owen, John, 20 Nov 1895, (accident: 25 Sep 1895), aged 66, Roadman, Died 20th Nov. from blood poisoning following a slight injury to the thumb by a stone from the roof falling on it. Two feet nine seam

Owen, William, 26 Jul 1872, aged 18, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Polkinhorne, William, 14 Jul 1912, aged 33, Assistant Pitman, He was at work in the shaft with the head pitman, and was in the act of chipping the end of a byat while standing upon another just below it, when he appeared to have lost his hold and fell to bottom of shaft. The head pitman was near him, standing on the cage, shewing him light

Powell, David, 03 Aug 1866, aged 13, Haulier, Fell under trams

Price, Daniel, 18 Aug 1906, 8.45 a.m., aged 60, Roadman, Deceased was taking a stranger along a haulage road to the shaft, when he walked into an ingoing empty journey. Deceased had been deceived when the journey started in. He thought it was back at the pit, whereas it was only 200 yds. away, and had been standing at that spot for some time. The road was of good width and height, and there were sufficient manholes

Proctor, Charles, 03 Jan 1866, aged 13, Door boy, Run over by trams

Rees, Evan, 06 May 1875, aged 38, Master haulier, Killed whilst attempting to get on to a train while in motion on engine plane

Rees, John, 19 Oct 1904, 6.15 p.m., aged 65, Lamp-lighter, Deceased was knocked down by a tram laden with rubbish. A rider filled a tram with rubbish off the sides of an engine plane at the end of the shift, and, with the assistance of an assistant fireman, pushed it out some distance to where the outward dip became greater. Then they spragged two of the wheels and allowed it to run unattended to the parting, where it knocked deceased down. He was a cripple, and must have gone down the pit 45 minutes before the usual time, so as to have plenty of time to walk quietly to his lamp cabin for the night shift. The men said that they did not think that anyone would be coming in

Roach, Wallace, 08 Apr 1915, aged 26, Haulier

Roberts, Geoffrey, 16 May 1907, 4.30 a.m., aged 22, Roadman, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 9 ft. by 3 ft. by 9 ins. thick, fell from a diagonal slip on deceased, while he was laying a parting. It was quite unsupported. Seven-feet seam

Rottenberg, William, 21 Nov 1895, aged 49, Collier, Fall of coal 4½ft x 8ft. x 2ft. 3ins. that fell from between two slips meeting side and between face and cog 4½ft. thick. Nine feet seam

Rowling, Bennet, 13 Aug 1888, aged 33, Stoneman, Fall of roof in a hard heading while dressing sides to put timbers in, 3yds. back from face

Taylor, David, 27 May 1895, aged 35, Labourer, Fell from 4ft. landing a depth of 30 yards the cage being suddenly lowered, in response to a signal made from the 6ft landing, while he was in the act of stepping out

Thomas, David, 11 Oct 1893, aged 13, Collier's boy, Fall of roof (rock) at face while carrying coal along the face. This stall was said to have been fairly well timbered but the fall was such a large one that the statement could not be verified. Two-feet-nine seam

Thomas, G. H., 15 Feb 1872, aged 10, Incline boy, Killed by incline rope striking him

Thomas, John, 01 Jul 1891, aged 13, Collier's boy, Fall of roof clift (7ft. x 4ft. x from 5 ins. to 12 ins. thick) between face and a pair of flats 4ft. back on top and 2½ft. at bottom in front of roadway. Two-ft. nine seam. Long wall

Thomas, Thomas, 21 Apr 1881, aged 14, Collier's boy, Fall of roof

Thomas, William, 03 Aug 1894, aged 47, Timberman, Fall of roof on main road. He was removing some collars by sawing them and having taken down one collar was standing under the laggings sawing another further forward when the timbers above him gave way bringing about a fall (11ft. x 8ft. x 8ft.) Four feet seam

Toogood, William, 21 Jun 1902, 12 noon, aged 53, Labourer and oiler, Run over by a journey, on which it was suggested he had been illegally riding

Venables, William, 13 May 1904, (accident: 27 Apr 1904, 11 a.m.), aged 29, Weigher, Deceased was watching some shunting operations on the sidings, when he was struck by the buffer of a wagon which was being moved by two horses and thrown down. He knew of the approach of the wagon and it is not known how he came to stop in the way. He died on May 13th

Wheeler, William, 10 Apr 1909, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 6 feet by 5 feet by 15 inches thick, from a series of dry, glassy, slants, fell on him as he was wedging down top coal. It was unsupported. Bute seam

Williams, David, 26 Apr 1865, aged 26, Haulier, Fell before trams

Williams, J., 15 Apr 1876, aged 28, Haulier, Killed by fall of coal

Williams, John, 24 Jan 1852, aged 21, Sinker, Knocked off bucket by stage

Williams, Miles, 20 Aug 1855, aged 41, Collier, Fell down the pit

Williams, Morgan, 25 Jun 1853, aged 21, Haulier, Coal fell off tram

Williams, Thomas, 27 May 1909, (accident: 22 May 1909), aged 47, Repairer, Deceased either ruptured himself or aggravated an old rupture by lifting a tram on the rails. Serious symptoms set in, and he was taken to Cardiff Infirmary, where he died on May 27th, under an anaesthetic administered for the purpose of performing an operation

Wiltshire, Gomer, 10 Oct 1895, aged 19, Assistant haulier, Fatally injured by falling between haulage rope and curve on road while attempting to jump no rope beside the rider

Woodhouse, T., 02 Mar 1900, 1 p.m., aged 30, Pit carpenter, While in the sump tightening the guide ropes, two trams fell from the ascending cage. Deceased was killed, while his companion escaped with a few scratches