Cwmbran Colliery

Allen, Robert, 26 Apr 1866, aged 23, Stoker, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Andrews, George, 07 Mar 1905, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof in an old stall which was being stowed with rubbish. There was shortage of timber in the district, and evidently they were knocking out some when the fall occurred [More information ...]

Appleby, William, 06 Mar 1918, Fall of 12 tons of coal

Baker, Charles, 02 Aug 1924, Kicked by a horse

Berry, William, 03 Jun 1890, aged 15, Colliers' boy, Fall of roof near the face from slips. The collier had noticed the slips and pulled as he thought all the stone affected as the remainder sounded strong. He was said to be an old and careful collier but in this case his judgement appears to have been at fault or he was guilty of some carelessness. Probably an increased use of timber and more stringent discipline with regard to enforcing the rules might have prevented it

Blackman, James, 14 Dec 1901, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof from slips in his working place, which was not satisfactorily secured

Byard, William, 29 Jan 1874, aged 16, Haulier, Killed while running at side of horse

Byrne, Joseph, 04 Jan 1906, aged 26, Haulier, He was riding on the first of two empty trams ; in consequence of the tram leaving the rails, he was thrown off and fatally injured

Chamberlain, Moses, 10 Apr 1914, (accident: 03 Apr 1914), aged 42, Haulier, Fall of roof on a double parting. As he was taking the harness of his horse the roof timber gave way and he was partly buried by a fall of roof. He died April 10th, 1914

Chapman, Henry, 14 May 1900, aged 18, Collier's boy, Fall of roof in his working place, where the cogs were set about 5 feet apart. The stone which fell was about 25 tons in weight, and came away from three greasy slants

Cole, Stanley, 25 Jan 1917, Crushed by a tram

Cook, Frederick, 11 Aug 1866, aged 13, Haulier, Fall of roof

Cook, Frederick, 26 Jan 1901, aged 16, Ostler, Kicked by a horse which he was cleaning in the stable. The animal is said to be generally good tempered. The lad was stated to have been accustomed to stable work for years before going to work at the collieries

Cooke, Thomas, 24 May 1897, aged 25, Haulier, While hitching two trams together for a journey to take to the shaft he was crushed by a fall of coal from the face in a "Barry" working place

Cooper, W. H., 03 Dec 1927, (accident: 21 Apr 1927), aged 41, Haulier, Fell between tram and side. Died 3rd Dec

Davies, George, 24 May 1910, aged 61, Bottom cutter, Killed by runaway trams on endless rope haulage roads

Elliott, John, 04 May 1896, aged 27, Coke filler, Crushed between buffers of railway trucks on the sidings whilst standing out of the way and not noticing what was going on

Farthing, Frank, 21 Oct 1901, aged 34, Collier, Fall of coal from unseen slips at the face of his working place

Griffiths, William, 11 Aug 1886, aged 22, Haulier, When taking spraggs out of a tram in a stall it ran back on to him and crushed him

Hamblin, Frederick, 13 Jan 1893, aged 14, Collier's boy, Fall of roof. While engaged replacing timbers on a roadway a fall occurred before they got the new ones properly tightened up lagged and weighted which discharged them on the deceased. As it occurred at the close of the shift and after the haulier had taken out the last tram the occurrence was unknown for 3 or 4 hours when in consequence of their not returning home search was made. The boy was still alive when his father and the examiner reached the place but died before they were able to release him [More information ...]

Hawkins, Joseph, 29 Apr 1900, (accident: 27 Apr 1900), aged 18, Assistant ripper, Fall of side in his working place, where he was assisting to set timber. The accident was considered very trivial, but complications arose, and he died two days afterwards

Heath, Albert, 21 Jan 1913, (accident: 20 Jan 1913), aged 17, Clip Boy, He was run over, on the surface, by three full trams which were running down a slight gradient to the weighing machine. He died the following day

Humphries, Charles, 07 Feb 1927, Run over by trams

Isaac, Mark, 29 Aug 1876, (accident: 25 Aug 1876), aged 73, Collier, Fall of roof ; died on 29th

Jeffries, David, 20 Feb 1905, aged 67, Ostler, David Jeffries, 67, ostler, died underground from heart failure on his way to his work in Cwmbran Colliery on the 20th February [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Jones, Elijah, 29 Nov 1922, aged 54, Died from injuries received from an accident in the colliery Yard on November 29th, 1922

Jones, John, 09 Jul 1889, aged 20, Repairer, An explosion of firedamp at a naked light which also caused injury to another man

Jones, John, 28 Apr 1910, aged 25, Pumpman, Killed by journey of trams running wild through breakage of a hitching plate

Jones, William, 15 Feb 1900, (accident: 23 Jan 1899), aged 49, Collier, William Jones, 49, collier, died on the 15th February from syncope. An attempt was made to prove that it was the result of injuries received at Cwmbran Colliery on the 23rd January, 1899, but medical evidence proved that death was not attributable in any way to the accident [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

King, Mathew, 22 Jun 1885, aged 58, Collier, Fall of fireclay. The clay had been holed and two spraggs put up but while King was casting back some rubbish the clay fell owing to two slips running together behind the holing which he knew nothing of

Lawler, Henry, 01 May 1925, Roof fall

Lewis, William, 05 Jan 1898, aged 32, Haulier, Fall of roof from a slip in a stall road up which he was taking some empty trams

Lewis, William, 01 Apr 1915, (accident: 29 Mar 1915), aged 14, Collier's boy, Fell on a mandril

Lower, Jacob, 22 Dec 1899, aged 31, Top ripper, Fall of roof near the coal face, while knocking out props in front of the stall road in order to rip top for height

Male, Samuel, 10 Mar 1897, aged 24, Collier, Fatally run over and crushed on the endless chain haulage road, having stumbled and fallen in front of a loaded tram while attempting to put his mandrill on it. The tram passed over him inflicting internal injuries from which he died in about twenty minutes

Maynard, Isaac, 26 Apr 1866, aged 39, Mason, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Meredith, William, 27 Sep 1907, 2 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 52, Timberman, Perforation of gastric ulcer resulting from a strain which probably occurred as he and his comrade were carrying a stick 6 feet 6 inches long, and 46 lbs. in weight on a roomy level road past a tram. Post mortem examination showed that the ulcer was of long standing and its existence dangerous at any time. The perforation, however, would not have occurred without some exciting cause, and a strain would cause it. The case is one which apparently has to be included as a colliery accident, but it is one likely to happen anywhere and is really the indirect result of dyspepsia to which the ulcer is attributable

Miller, James, 10 Dec 1863, aged 35, Collier, A fall of roof brought down some gas, which he incautiously fired

Miller, Shadrack, 20 Apr 1909, aged 58, Stower, He was drawing out a prop when a small piece of roof clod fell and cut some of his fingers, comparatively, slightly. Tetanus, or lockjaw, supervened, and resulted in his death

Morgan, John, 26 Apr 1866, aged 22, Haulier, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Morgan, John, 12 Jan 1891, (accident: 18 Dec 1890), aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal from the face of his working place, owing to neglect in spragging. The coal came away from a back slip. Died 12th January 1891

Morgan, Thomas, 07 Jun 1865, aged 50, Collier, Had his back broken Nov 1864 and lingered until this day

Morgan, Thomas, 13 Jan 1893, aged 40, Timberman, Fall of roof. While engaged replacing timbers on a roadway a fall occurred before they got the new ones properly tightened up lagged and weighted which discharged them on the deceased. As it occurred at the close of the shift and after the haulier had taken out the last tram the occurrence was unknown for 3 or 4 hours when in consequence of their not returning home search was made. The boy was still alive when his father and the examiner reached the place but died before they were able to release him [More information ...]

Mundy, Norman, 11 Oct 1923, Fall of rubbish

Parfitt, Albert, 21 Feb 1916, Struck on head by timber

Phillips, Isaac, 13 May 1873, aged 19, Haulier, Killed by crush of trams

Phillipson, Eric, 19 Jan 1920, Found lying under a tram

Pope, William, 10 Apr 1880, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof

Powell, Charles, 22 Mar 1869, aged 14, Haulier, Entanglement in wheel of upper incline

Powell, Thomas, 02 Sep 1893, aged 68, Haulier, On the surface. His horse apparently took fright and bolted with the trams to which it was hitched. In trying to stop the horse he was run over by the trams and killed

Robbins, Leonard, 21 Feb 1921, Struck by a lump of coal

Slade, Levi, 23 Dec 1870, aged 15, Haulier, Crushed by trams no one witnessed the accident and he was found dead

Smith, Thomas, 09 Apr 1923, Fall of stone and debris

Southwood, Richard, 31 Mar 1923, Runaway tram

Stephens, Edward, 26 Mar 1906, aged 49, Collier, He was turning a new stall off a heading which was double timbered, and in the solid. He had only commenced it that morning, and having filled two trams of rubbish, was at his second tram of coal, when a fall of roof occurred, which knocked out two pairs of timbers and partly covered deceased. The roof was bad and full of slips. He had put no posts up to steady the timbers, and he probably disturbed some of them

Stephens, George, 10 Nov 1885, (accident: 09 Nov 1885), aged 27, Labourer, Injured by a fall of stone and died the 10th. He was wedging down some stone which was known to be sprung but it fell before he expected and injured him severely internally

Stephens, John, 30 Mar 1871, aged 16, Haulier, A tram ran wild down the engine plane and killed him

Taylor, Joseph, 20 Mar 1905, aged 43, Timberman, Fall of roof when he was assisting to clear a previous fall

Thatcher, J., 16 Sep 1904, aged 26, Haulier, When riding on the "gun" or connection between the horses' limbers and the tram, with a full journey, he raised his back to throw off a swing sheet which he was passing under and caught his head against a low collar which caused him to be crushed against the tram of coal

Thomas, David, 03 Jul 1888, aged 55, Collier, Killed on No. 1 South Level engine plane whilst going to work. He was caught by a gang of waggons

Thornbury, Frederick, 07 Mar 1905, aged 22, Roadman, Fall of roof in an old stall which was being stowed with rubbish. There was shortage of timber in the district, and evidently they were knocking out some when the fall occurred [More information ...]

Wakeley, John, 20 Feb 1902, aged 55, Collier, While riding down the endless chain 'slope' with two others a link of the chain broke, resulting in the trams running wild for a short distance. He jumped out of the tram and was crushed by the next one following. The other men were not seriously injured. The management alleged that riding was not allowed, although it was done with their knowledge

Westlake, J., 08 Mar 1881, (accident: 09 Feb 1881), aged 26, Collier, He died of blood poisoning on the 8th March, after having his leg amputated. It was broken by a piece of stone falling upon it while he was wedging,down some coal

Wheatstone, Enoch, 06 Aug 1909, aged 45, Collier, He, with an experienced timberman and repairer, was engaged in repairing a place where a heavy fall had occurred a week or two before. Deceased had worked at the place over a week. At the time of the accident they were preparing to set timber, when a stone from the cavity fell and caught him. The work is dangerous, and is carried out by men who have to use their judgment and experience to the best of their ability, and no class of workman deserves more credit for the skill and courage exhibited in this work

Wheatstone, George, 16 Jul 1904, aged 64, Underground Labourer, Deceased appears to have been thinking of something else and walked into the full journey. It was coming out at the rate of from four to six miles an hour. There was plenty of room at the side, besides manholes for him to have got out of the way

Wheatstone, George Brice, 01 Mar 1924, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 42, Haulier, He was found fatally injured underneath a loaded tram, to which his horse was attached on a heading, by a haulier who was following him outbye. There was nothing to indicate as to what happened to cause the accident. Probably he was riding on the gun and slipped. Oil flame safety lamp used

Williams, David, 19 Jan 1887, aged 18, Collier, Fall of coal. He was standing at the side of a tram filling it and the collier was pulling down some coal at the face. The boy, who knew what the collier was doing, for some reason went in front of the tram just as the coal fell and he was caught by it

Williams, Isaac, 12 May 1902, aged 25, Underground Lampman, Run over on the engine slope when on his way out from work, but how it occurred is unknown as he had called to two other men in front of him warning them of the approaching journey. He was found opposite a man-hole, where the road is also roomy, there being three feet clear at the side of the trams

Williams, J., 03 Dec 1883, aged 59, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp

Williams, Rhys, 01 Feb 1900, aged 24, Bond rider, In attempting to jump on a passing tram near the underground lamp station he fell beneath it and was instantly killed

Williams, Thomas, 15 Apr 1868, aged 11, Door boy, Fall of roof in main road ; but he had no right whatever to leave his door. I entirely disagree with the trappers going with hauliers. A grime and a "slip" let the mass fall easily down, and, moreover, the place was all of a "squeeze," and the bottom "pucking"

Williams, Thomas, 22 Dec 1876, aged 38, Collier, Fall of stone

Williams, William, 02 Jan 1920, Trams ran wild

Wilmot, Sidney, 05 Jan 1909, aged 42, Labourer, In getting down from a full waggon (which he had been levelling off) while it was being lowered from the screens by another man, he was caught and crushed between the corner of the waggon and an upright carrying the screens