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Ahern, Patrick, 09 Apr 1907, 2.30 p.m., aged 26, Labourer, Fall of roof. Deceased was in the face of a stall, unloading and stowing rubbish, when a fall of cliff, 12 ft. by 7 ft. by 2 ft. thick, from between four slants, discharged two posts and fell on him. Shortly before the accident, the collier in charge of the stall, by pulling down a slip of coal had knocked out another post from under the stone. This post he did not immediately replace, as he should have done, but went on filling coal. Four-feet seam

Balsom, Gilbert, 23 Jul 1914, aged 34, Timberman, As the cage was resting on the keps at the bottom of the shaft it slipped off and, falling about 2 feet into the sump, he was crushed as he was leaving the cage

Blackwell, Thomas, Mar 1858, aged 58

Bond, Evan, 26 Nov 1878, aged 22, Stoker, Killed by waggons on surface

Bosley, William, 25 Sep 1912, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof at face, As he was setting a prop under a stone, it fell away from a slant and killed him

Bray, Caleb, 21 Aug 1868, aged 21, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Brown, W., 12 Nov 1883, aged 40, Collier, Fell out of cage when ascending

Buck, John, 16 Aug 1878, aged 19, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Chilcott, John, 03 May 1894, aged 19, Collier, Fell off journey of full trams and was run over. He was riding on a shackle between two trams which is prohibited by Special Rules

Cole, John, 30 Oct 1885, aged 24, Labourer, Fall of roof

Cribb, John, 09 Mar 1901, aged 25, Banker, Slipped and fell under cage, and was crushed against the collar boards

Davies, Abraham, 10 Apr 1859, aged 30, Sinker, Clothes took fire at a lamp, going down shaft

Davies, D., 18 Feb 1870, aged 38, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Davies, David, 08 Jul 1905, (accident: 23 Jun 1905, 11 a.m.), aged 60, Fitter, Deceased was assisting to lift half of a haulage drum off the ground, and had his bar under it, when the drum toppled over and crushed his foot. He died on July 8th

Davies, Evan, 11 Sep 1914, aged 40, Haulier, As he was going along a haulage plane with his horse for the purpose of hauling in some feed boxes to the stables, a journey of full trams ran back and killed him and his horse. The journey "bull" chain broke, causing the trams to run wild as the person in charge of it had omitted putting on the "back stay" iron

Davies, John, 09 Feb 1879, aged 32, Pitman, Killed by overbalancing and falling from stage in shaft

Davies, John, 12 Dec 1885, aged 30, Collier, Strap of grindstone broke injuring his arm

Davies, Joseph, 06 Feb 1909, aged 17, Oil carrier, Fell between the trams of a journey, upon the shackles of which he was illegally riding, on his way up the rubbish incline

Davies, William, 27 Apr 1869, aged 13, Door boy, Killed by trams

Davies, William, 02 Oct 1885, aged 57, Collier, Fall of roof

Dillon, John, 05 Jan 1872, aged 36, Stoker, Killed by machinery of ventilator

Eddy, Richard, 16 Dec 1899, aged 32, Collier, [Fall of roof] On road, a fall of cliff occurred while knocking out timbers in a disused place

Edwards, James, 08 Oct 1898, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof at face clift from smooth slip trough shape inside of props and close to coal where a shot had been fired. Two feet nine seam

Edwards, John, 05 Feb 1863, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof (4 feet vein)

Edwards, John, 05 Nov 1879, aged 35, Collier, Killed by fall of clod

Ellis, Thomas, 01 Nov 1861, aged 12, Boy, Riding on trams underground

Ettwell, Albert, 20 Mar 1913, (accident: 19 Mar 1913), aged 43, Haulier, As he was standing at the corner of a road whilst a tram of rubbish was being drawn into it, the back end of the tram jumped the rails and crushed him against the side of the road. He died the following day

Evans, Evan, 26 Jan 1880, aged 37, Collier, Run over by a journey of loaded trams

Evans, John, 10 Apr 1878, aged 58, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Evans, John, 30 Jan 1886, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof occasioned by knocking out timber in an abandoned heading

Francis, Thomas, 03 Dec 1909, aged 38, Master Haulier, A journey of full trams was being given a flying shunt into a double parting, when the first two left the rails and fell over sideways on deceased

Godwin, George, 19 Nov 1901, aged 45, Banksman, He was standing on the top of the cage replacing the cover which had been taken off to let timbers down, when he slipped and fell down the pit

Hall, Charles, 22 Nov 1866, aged 20, Collier, Fall of stone

Hardiman, George, 20 Feb 1901, (accident: 13 Feb 1901), aged 58, Collier, He was called out of his stall by a haulier to assist in backing one full tram to another. The horse suddenly started, and deceased was caught by the tram, which passed over him, and crushed him against a post on the side. Died on the 20th.

Harris, Samuel, 08 Mar 1883, aged 54, Trimmer, Fell under railway waggons

Harris, W., 22 Feb 1871, aged 38, Overman, Killed by fall of roof

Heal, W., 09 Jan 1871, aged 12, Door boy, Killed by trams

Hewitt, William, 10 Jan 1902, 2.30 p.m., aged 20, Collier, He was seen by a rider on the engine plane, on his way to get some lamps relit, near the entrance to a return airway. The rider told him to stand in the airway till he had run the empty journey into the parting and the full journey out. He evidently did not wait for the full journey, which ran over him, his body being found 92 yards outbye of the airway

Hodges, Jacob, 12 May 1879, aged 36, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Hodges, John J., 25 Apr 1885, aged 13, Collier, Fall of roof

Hodley, Matthew, 12 Jun 1858, aged 14, Hitcher, Crossing under shaft whilst carriage in motion

Hughes, William, 17 Feb 1885, aged 46, Collier, Fall of stone [More information ...]

Hurch, Arthur, 14 Apr 1897, aged 24, Labourer, Fall of side on road, clift 7ft. x 3ft x 2ft 8in thick, while cutting out a cog. Six feet seam

Hurley, David G., 08 Feb 1907, 3.40 p.m., aged 15, Pulley Oiler, Deceased had finished his work and was making his way toward the shaft, when he somehow got under a journey of coal which was being drawn out by a rope. It only had a short distance to go when the accident occurred, and whether he attempted to get on the rope or not was not known, but it seemed likely that he did

Isaac, Abraham, 15 Aug 1880, aged 41, Engineman, Crushed by winding engine

Isaac, James, 10 Oct 1876, aged 39, Haulier, Killed by trams

James, John, 18 Apr 1912, aged 65, Sawyer, He was waiting, with others, at the pit bottom, to be raised to the surface. As the cage got to the bottom he is said to have stepped forward at once so as to get into it, mistaking the bottom deck for the top one. He was crushed between rim of cage and the pit bottom

Jenkins, Jenkin, 23 Feb 1896, (accident: 14 Feb 1896), aged 48, Oiler, While oiling sheave near haulage engine he slipped and caught the rope and was drawn into the sheave. Died after amputation of arm 23rd Feb

Jenkins, Zach., 29 Oct 1861, aged 12, Haulier, Crushed by trams

Jones, Griffith, 27 May 1907, 10.45 a.m., aged 21, Labourer, Deceased was assisting a haulier to put a tram of rubbish in a stall. The horse was hitched so as to back the tram in, and the haulier was ready to push when he asked deceased to draw out the sprag on the opposite side of the tram. As he was getting over the "gun" to do so, the horse started forward. Deceased tried to hold the tram back, but it jumped off the rails, and crushed him against the side

Jones, Henry, 19 Sep 1906, Midnight, aged 31, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff and ironstone, 4 ft. 6 ins. by 4 ft. 7 ins. by 2 ft. 10 ins. thick, discharged a post, and fell on deceased as he was ripping side at the entrance to a stall road. Two feet nine seam

Jones, John, 19 Jun 1867, Wasteman, Killed by a fall of stone

Jones, John, 21 Mar 1881, aged 22, Haulier, Killed by falling under loaded trams on engine plane

Jones, John, 27 Jun 1884, aged 47, Collier, Fall of stone

Jones, John, 27 Jan 1886, aged 38, Timberman, Run over by tram

Jones, Joseph, 07 Sep 1899, (accident: 25 Aug 1899), aged 45, Collier, [Fall of roof] On main engine plane, a lump of "mine" fell on him while riding in with others to work. Riding permitted. A fall 9 ft. high had occurred the previous day, which had been cleared, but not secured by timbers. Died September 7th

Jones, Thomas, 04 May 1903, 12.30 p.m., aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 10 ft. by 4 ft. 8 ins. by 44 ins. thick. Deceased wanted to get this stone down, so commenced knocking the props out from under it, and, when he knocked out the last, the fall occurred. Its falling so suddenly was due to a "false slip" in the roof, which could not be seen previous to the fall. Two feet nine seam

Jones, William, 24 Jul 1863, aged 38, Waterman, Fall of stone in waste (4 feet vein)

Jones, William, 23 Dec 1882, aged 13, Collier's boy, Fall of roof

Jones, William, 27 Jul 1892, (accident: 13 Dec 1891), aged 17, Haulier, Hand slightly injured by tram on which he was riding tumbling off rails. Suffered subsequently from erysipelas and consumption and died 27th July. Inquest held; verdict "Accidental death."

Keef, Jerry, 08 Jul 1867, aged 26, Hitcher, Killed by something falling down shaft

Lavery, Timothy Jeremiah, 09 Feb 1915, (accident: 28 Jan 1915), aged 18, Collier, A stone fell on him, about nine or ten inches wide, striking him on the back of the head

Lawrence, David, 05 May 1908, (accident: 18 Mar 1908), aged 42, Labourer, Deceased was engaged in building a gob wall, when a stone, which he had just placed in position, fell back and bruised his toe. He resumed work on April 27th, but had to give up as the boot rubbed his toe. Blood-poisoning set in and he died on May 5th. Two-feet-nine seam

Levi, Lewis, 07 Apr 1862, aged 20, Stoker, Entangled in machinery

Lewis, James, 17 Jul 1896, aged 27, Collier, Fall at face, clift roof slanty, 5ft x 6ft x 15in thick two props discharged. Six feet seam

Lewis, Thomas, 05 Jun 1914, aged 19, Collier's Helper, Fall of coal side at the working face

Llewellyn, David, 15 May 1858, aged 50, Collier, Fell off carriage ascending shaft

Llewellyn, William, 01 Jan 1865, aged 12, Haulier, Fall under trams

Lucas, John J., 17 Aug 1897, aged 13, Collier boy, Run over by empty waggons which were being pushed by locomotive into boiler siding while he was engaged stacking bricks near the line

Lucey, John, 15 Mar 1873, aged 47, Roadman, Killed by trams (engine plane)

Mahoney, Patrick, 02 Nov 1880, aged 12, Collier's boy, Fall of coal

McKean, James, 03 Jul 1863, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof

Morgan, Isaac, 14 Nov 1885, aged 29, Sinker, Breakage of pit rope

Morgan, John, 23 May 1903, 11.45 a.m., aged 70, Labourer, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 4 ft. by 22 ins. by 30 ins. thick, fell off the side of the "rippings," from a curved "slip," while deceased was stowing rubbish on the side of a heading. Two props were discharged, and one sprag was broken. Two feet nine seam

Morgan, Lewis, 07 Mar 1913, aged 14, Collier's helper, Fall of roof at working face. His comrade was taking down the roof coal when a large fall occurred. The lad, who was standing just inside the last pair of double timber, was struck on the head by the edge of the fall

Morgan, Richard, 23 Jun 1864, aged 49, Collier, Fall of stone from roof

Morgan, Thomas, 29 Jan 1901, aged 55, Master Haulier, He signalled a journey to run down a drift into a double parting, and stood in a heading turning off the drift. He forgot that the points were set into the heading, and the "journey" ran into it and killed him

Morris, John, 03 Jun 1884, aged 16, Haulier, Fell under tram

Newman, Arthur, 30 Jul 1909, (accident: 14 Jul 1909), aged 31, Haulier, Fall of roof. Deceased had pushed an empty tram into a working place, and, with his left hand on the corner of the tram, was spragging it with his right, when an unsupported piece of the cliff roof, 5 feet by 2 feet by 18 inches thick, fell into the tram and caught his fingers. He was taken to the Hospital and remained there until he died from tetanus on July 30th. Six feet seam

Nichols, Thomas, 12 Jul 1899, aged 71, Roadman, Run over on engine plane by an empty journey

Owen, Thomas, 06 May 1912, aged 60, Roadman, He was run over by an empty journey on an inclined plane

Padfield, Sydney, 03 Aug 1912, aged 15, Collier Boy, In riding out from his work, he fell off and was run over

Perrot, George, 11 Jun 1909, (accident: 07 Dec 1908), aged 22, Collier, Deceased slipped when filling a tram and the heavy lump of coal which he was lifting fell on him. An abscess formed in the groin which was operated on repeatedly. Died from exhaustion on June 11th, 1909

Phillips, John, 18 Mar 1860, aged 42, Collier, Fall from side of shaft taking out pumps

Phillips, John, 04 Jun 1877, aged 25, Smith, Killed by getting entangled in ropes on engine plane

Phillips, Thomas, 06 Sep 1873, aged 30, Killed by trams

Price, Samuel, 17 Feb 1885, aged 23, Collier, Fall of stone [More information ...]

Rees, John, 25 Aug 1906, 12.30 p.m., aged 40, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 17 ft. by 10 ft. by 2 ft. 9 ins. think. Deceased was sent to clear a small fall on an untimbered roadway. He was poking at some loose stones with a pole when the roof collapsed and buried him. Six-feet seam

Rees, Thomas, 24 Apr 1913, aged 38, Haulier, Fall of roof on a double parting. As he was bringing two trams of stones into the parting a fall occurred, killing him

Richards, Benjamin, 29 Jan 1909, aged 23, Haulier, Deceased, when riding on the "gun," was crushed between the tram and the arm of a pair of timber. He was probably trying to jump off and misjudged his position

Simmonds, John T., 03 Nov 1914, aged 39, Hitcher, He was crushed between a tram and the side wall at the pit bottom owing to insufficient spragging as the full trams were being blocked on for the purpose of being raised to the surface

Simons, H., 15 Jun 1872, aged 29, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Smith, Marshall, 16 Aug 1886, aged 48, Blacksmith, Crushed under the winding cage in the sump he having gone there without the hitcher's knowledge

Stephen, -, 22 Sep 1891, aged 46, Collier, While assisting to clear a fall of rubbish on a double parting where new arching 20ft. wide and 13ft. high was being put in a stone fell from the side between temporary laggings upon him

Sterry, Fernham, 28 Sep 1868, aged 14, Door boy, Killed by trams

Sullivan, F., 22 Jan 1904, 12.30 p.m., aged 41, Tipper, Deceased was moving a loaded wagon with a pinch-bar, and by pushing with his shoulder, when another wagon moved on and crushed him between the buffers. The road was level and it is therefore difficult to account for the wagon moving, unless in using the pinch-bar he depressed the rail

Thomas, David, 09 Jul 1906, 11.45 p.m., aged 29, Haulier, Deceased attempted to take four trams of coal down a road dipping 1 in 9, when the weight overpowered the horse and ran him down. Deceased was probably struck by the end of the shaft while attempting to hold the horse back. The first two trams had no sprags, but the wheels of the last two were all spragged. Two trams were usually taken down that road

Thomas, David, 24 Apr 1907, 2 p.m., aged 15, Oiler, Deceased was run over and killed by an empty journey as he was taking a report-book from the nine feet seam back to the pit bottom. How the accident occurred is not known. The road was 12 ft. wide and was provided with manholes, 10 yards apart. He was last seen alive by a repairer, 100 yards from where he was killed. His safety lamp was then alight

Thomas, Howell, 29 Jan 1881, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof

Thomas, J., 06 Jul 1870, aged 44, Collier, Killed by an engine

Thomas, James, 01 Jul 1863, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof

Thomas, Jenkin, 18 Nov 1905, (accident: 15 Feb 1905, Midnight), aged 47, Haulier, Deceased was riding on the front end of a tram drawn by a horse, when the tram caught an arm, and deceased was thrown to one side. He said, in reply to the fireman, that he was not hurt. He finished his shift, and worked up to the 17th June. He was admitted to the hospital on the 30th June, when it was discovered that he had synovitis of the arm. The arm was removed on the 8th October, and, as there necrosis of the shoulder blade, that was removed on the 15th November. He died on the 18th November

Unknown, -, 07 Sep 1861, aged 11, Door boy, Run over by trams

Wallace, Richard, 29 Oct 1908, (accident: 21 Oct 1908), aged 20, Rider, This accident occurred on the rubbish tips on the mountain side opposite the colliery. Deceased was riding on the last of a journey of six empty trams, which were being lowered by a haulage rope down a gradient of from 2 to 3 inches per yard, when he was overtaken by an empty tram, which ran wild from the double parting at the top. In the collision his foot was injured. Gangrene set in, and one toe was amputated on the 28th, but he died from blood poisoning on the following day. The tram which ran down had purposely been derailed on the double parting, and had one sprag in the hind wheel. A shackler, without closing the stop-block at the lower end of the parting, proceeded to lift the tram on the rails. In the operation the sprag dropped out, and the shackler, losing control, allowed the tram to run away. He was dismissed by the Company, and severely censured at the inquest

Watkins, William Henry, 17 Mar 1882, aged 16, Loco. stoker, Run over by trucks on colliery siding

Weakley, Stephen, 09 Jun 1896, aged 13, Door boy, Fall at mouth of a stall in Four feet seam while accompanying a haulier and tram

Webb, John, 25 Aug 1905, 2.30 p.m., aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, a triangular piece of fireclay, 10 ft. by 7 ft. and 21 ins. thick, fell from between two diagonal slants. One prop was said to have been crushed out. Two feet nine seam [More information ...]

White, Thomas, 20 Jan 1907, (accident: 09 Jan 1907, 1.30 p.m.), aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 5½ ft. by 6½ ft. by 18 ins. thick, a bell-shaped stone fell on deceased when he was cutting coal. It had not been supported. His spine was fractured, and he died in eleven days. Six-feet seam

Williams, David, 01 Feb 1884, aged 37, Collier, Kicked by a horse

Williams, Jonathan, 18 Jul 1907, 4.15 p.m., aged 42, Repairer, Deceased and two other men had finished their shift, and were travelling out along an engine plane, having a dip of 3 ins. per yard towards the shaft, when the first tram of a journey of coal got free and ran over him. It was afterwards found that the shackle-pin had jumped up, and liberated the tram. The pin cannot have been put fully through the shackle or it would not have risen. The rider said that he examined and found all the shackles were right before signalling to have the journey lowered. The road was of ample height and width, and there were manholes from 10 to 14 yards apart

Williams, Owen J., 01 Nov 1913, aged 24, Assistant Ripper, Fall of roof on haulage road. As his comrade was pulling down some roof, he jumped forward to pick up a mandrill from the floor, when the falling ground crushed and fatally injured him

Williams, T., 10 Sep 1874, aged 30, Sinker, Killed by fall of coal

Williams, T., 15 Dec 1883, aged 21, Haulier, Fell down a staple

Wyatt, William, 19 Jun 1901, aged 49, Collier, Run over by full journey, having neglected to enter a manhole after hearing the trams coming, while on his way out-bye