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	Cynheidre Colliery	Index	Cynheidre Colliery

Location:	Pontyberem 9 miles [15 km] SSE of Carmarthen
Map Ref:	(Sheet 159 Swansea and Gower) SN493075, 51° 44' 45" N, 4° 10' 54" W
Opened:	1954
Closed:	Jan 1989
Pits:	No. 3 Slant, locn: (Sheet 159 Swansea and Gower) SN516121, opened: 1955
	Nos. 1 & 2
	Nos. 3 & 4, locn: (Sheet 159 Swansea and Gower) SN526106, opened: 1962
Owners:	1954 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Notes:	1966 - Linked underground with Pentremawr Colliery
	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

The Cynheidre/Pentremawr Colliery is in the West Wales Area of the National Coal Board and is situated some five miles (8 kilometres) North of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, at the Western extremity of the coalfield. Cynheidre and Pentremawr Collieries were linked underground in 1966 and came under one manager in 1970. The Pentremawr Colliery began production in 1875. Sinking of the shafts at Cynheidre Colliery commenced during 1954 and production began in 1960. At the time of the outburst the combined colliery produced about 20,000 tons (20,320 tonnes) gross each week and employed 1,178 men underground and 422 on the surface.

There are two downcast shafts, two upcast and three intake drifts, all lying within a circle having a radius of 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres). The No. 1 Downcast and No. 2 Upcast Shafts are 24 feet (7.3 metres) and 20 feet (6.1 metres) in diameter respectively and are both at Cynheidre. The No. 3 Upcast and No. 4 Downcast Shafts, each 18 feet (5.5 metres) in diameter, are three miles (4.6 kilometres) North-East of Cynheidre, near Tumble. The three intake drifts are all at Pentremawr, two miles (3.2 kilometres) North of Cynheidre.

The No. 2 Upcast Shaft is equipped with an electrically driven Davidson Sirocco fan extracting 370,000 cubic feet per minute (175 cubic metres per second) of air at 8 inches (20.3 centimetres) of water gauge. The No. 3 Upcast Shaft is equipped with an electrically driven Davidson Sirocco fan extracting 220,000 cubic feet per minute (104 cubic metres per second) at 10.5 inches (26.7 centimetres) of water gauge.

Mines Inspectors Report into an accident in 1971

Disasters (5 or more killed)

6th

Apr

1971

Outburst of coal and firedamp, 6 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Davies, Douglas Lyndon, 06 Apr 1971, aged 54, Shotfirer, Outburst of coal and firedamp [More information ...]
						Davies, William Luther, 06 Apr 1971, aged 56, Overman, Outburst of coal and firedamp [More information ...]
						Itzi, Henryk, 06 Apr 1971, aged 45, Contractors' Workman, Outburst of coal and firedamp [More information ...]
						Millar, Albert George, 06 Apr 1971, aged 35, Contractors' Workman, Outburst of coal and firedamp [More information ...]
						Roberts, Henry Garfield, 06 Apr 1971, aged 61, Measurer, Outburst of coal and firedamp [More information ...]
						Watkins, Ieuan Gareth, 06 Apr 1971, aged 43, Ripper, Outburst of coal and firedamp [More information ...]
						6 names found

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For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.

Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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.

  more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cynheidre Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cynheidre Colliery

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