	Elba Colliery	Index	Elba Colliery

Elba Colliery

Location:	Gowerton, near Swansea 5½ miles [9 km] WNW of Swansea
Map Ref:	(Sheet 159 Swansea and Gower) SS576965, 51° 38' 57" N, 4° 3' 30" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Wright, Butler and Co., Ltd.
	Baldwins, Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 119 (99 below, 20 surface)
	1896 - 83 (64 below, 19 surface)
	1900 - 155 (115 below, 40 surface)
	1905 - 94 (71 below, 23 surface) [Abandoned, 1905]
	1910 - 30 (22 below, 8 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Six Feet [Abandoned, 1905]
	1910 - Penscallen
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

21st

Jan

1905

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, 11 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!

						Bowen, William, 21 Jan 1905, aged 18, Coal shifter, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Davies, David, 21 Jan 1905, aged 26, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Davies, William, 08 Jul 1902, 1.30 p.m., aged 55, Dayman, Explosion of fire-damp
						Davies, William, 21 Jan 1905, aged 60, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Long, John, 27 Jan 1905, (accident: 21 Jan 1905), aged 49, Repairer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Morgan, W. H., 21 Jan 1905, aged 20, Trammer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Nicholas, William, 12 Aug 1890, aged 20, Rider, While riding in front of journey up slant
						Ogilvie, Alexander, 21 Jan 1905, aged 20, Trammer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Pratt, Thomas, 21 Jan 1905, aged 18, Coal shifter, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Protheroe, Peter, 18 Apr 1889, aged 18, Trammer, Fall of roof (cliff) 9ft. x 3ft. x 2ft. at face of level going alongside of a fault. Coal was only 18ins. thick next fault and 6ft. on opposite side of level. 2½ft.of roof had been ripped down on low side to within 2½ft. of face of coal. There were no props below the rippings which fell. 6ft. Seam. Pillar and Stall [More information ...]
						Pugh, David, 04 Jun 1883, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof
						Rees, David J., 21 Jan 1905, aged 21, Trammer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Rees, Edward, 21 Jan 1905, aged 26, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Rees, George, 21 Jan 1905, aged 23, Trammer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]
						Thomas, David, 18 Apr 1889, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff) 9ft. x 3ft. x 2ft. at face of level going alongside of a fault. Coal was only 18ins. thick next fault and 6ft. on opposite side of level. 2½ft.of roof had been ripped down on low side to within 2½ft. of face of coal. There were no props below the rippings which fell. 6ft. Seam. Pillar and Stall [More information ...]
						Williams, George, 21 Jan 1905, aged 14, Door boy, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband, By explosion of gas and coal dust [More information ...]

						16 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

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 Elba Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Elba Colliery

Memorial Images:

Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department