	Crumlin Navigation Colliery	Index	Crumlin Navigation Colliery

Crumlin Navigation Colliery

Location:	Crumlin 8½ miles [14 km] NW of Newport
Map Ref:	(Sheet 171 Cardiff and Newport) ST213985, 51° 40' 45" N, 3° 8' 18" W
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Owners:	Partridge, Jones and John Paton Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. (100,000 tons)
Employment:	1923 - 571 (474 below, 97 surface)
	1933 - 571 (474 below, 97 surface)
	1940 - 571 (474 below, 97 surface)
	1947 - 412 (329 below, 83 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!

						Blake, Daniel, 16 May 1923, Fell off a tram
						Carter, William, 30 Mar 1911, aged 44, Sinker, Thrown off falling walling stage which was being raised by two steam winches owing to one of the ropes slipping through irregular coiling on the drum, thus causing the stage to cant
						Jeffries, J., 16 Dec 1929, (accident: 13 Dec 1929), aged 45, Coal miner, Fall of stone. Died 16th
						Jones, J. B., 06 Apr 1925, (accident: 19 Feb 1925), aged 57, Haulier, Tram left rails and caught his foot. Died 6th Apr
						Lock, Charles, 19 Jan 1909, (accident: 06 Nov 1908), aged 44, Sinker, Overwound when about to descend in shaft on a water barrel. It occurred at a sinking pit when a barrel was to be raised off the runner or banking wagon to allow of its being withdrawn and was due to the steam valve of the engine leaking and not being in working order. He died on 19th January, 1909
						Roberts, Philip, 11 Aug 1911, (accident: 26 Jul 1911), aged 46, Timberman, While breaking a stone the sledge grazed his knee. He died August 11th, 1911
						Stone, John, 28 Oct 1910, aged 36, Sinker, A walling stage on which were 17 men, was being lowered by means of two ropes worked from drums on a worm winch ; when the signal to stop was given only one rope stopped and the stage was canted and nine of the men fell into water at the bottom of the shaft, one being drowned. The failure of the winch to work properly was probably due to a pin holding the clutch lever coming out of place [More information ...]
						Tovey, Melvyn, 14 Apr 1928, (accident: 20 Feb 1928), aged 14, Pulley greaser, Oiling sheaves — head badly lacerated while trying to replace rope on pulley. Died 14th Apr
						Walker, Charles, 28 Mar 1924, (accident: 26 Mar 1924, 2.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 22, Labourer, He was acting as a haulier, and, when standing at the entrance to the stables at the end of the shift, he was kicked in the abdomen by his horse. He died from his injuries on 28th March. Electric safety lamp used
						Williams, Brinley, 08 Nov 1929, (accident: 05 Apr 1928), aged 23, Collier, Fall of clod. Died 8th Nov. 1929

						10 names found

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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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Crumlin Navigation Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Southern District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), South Wales District (No. 7) by 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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Cardiff and Newport Division (No. 6) by J. M. Carey, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
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
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