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Collier, Jenkin, 05 Sep 1904, 1.30 p.m., aged 25, Assistant Hitcher, Caught by descending cage while trying to jump across the shaft bottom

Cope, Edwin C., 29 Mar 1911, aged 48, Painter, While tarring the casing of an elevator, he slipped off a plank and fell into a hopper full of small coal and was suffocated

Davies, Charles O., 14 Aug 1895, aged 26, Collier, Fall of clod and clift 7ft. x 5½ft. x 3ft. thick at road end while he was knocking out a prop set under it previous to ripping it down. Two feet nine seam

Davies, David, 09 Jan 1891, aged 47, Haulier, Fall of roof, 9½ft. x 4½ft. in middle, 18ins. thick from a smooth slant previously seen running obliquely across heading which had cogs and roadside props but not double timbers. Two-foot-nine seam 5ft. thick. Long wall

Edwards, Caleb, 25 Feb 1894, (accident: 17 Feb 1894), aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff 3ft. x 18ins. x 9ins. thick) on road at edge of rippings. Died 25th February. Nine feet seam

Edwards, William, 17 Mar 1908, aged 39, Fireman, Fall of roof. At face road end ; a stone 7 feet, by 4 feet 3 ins., by 1 foot 3 ins, fell as it was being sounded and tested by the fireman. The previous shift had not long left the place, and had been ripping the roof at this spot. The stone was surrounded by "slants" and "slips," and should have been taken down by the previous shift. A collier was badly injured by the fall which proved fatal to the fireman. Six Feet Seam. Safety lamps [More information ...]

Fox, John, 11 Apr 1893, aged 20, Haulier, Fall of roof on road, a tram got off the rails and knocked a pair of timbers out. This was a large fall. Two-feet-nine seam

Gould, Thomas, 06 Mar 1901, aged 27, Collier, Fall of side. While holing under the coal, a piece about 4 cwts. fell upon him, causing injuries from which he died in half-an-hour. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Griffiths, Thomas, 12 May 1884, aged 47, Collier, Fall of stone

Harrris, Llewellyn, 05 Dec 1891, aged 17, Haulier, While taking an empty tram along heading dipping 2ins. per yard, the tram left the rails and ran on 10 yards struck out an arm of a pair of timbers and a stone from the roof fell upon his head. He was riding on the iron and thus failed to stop the horse

James, Thomas, 23 Nov 1910, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof at working face in heading being driven through gob

Jarrett, William, 15 Jan 1901, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof. On road, clift, 6 ft. x 4½ ft. x 14 ins. thick, fell while deceased and others were clearing a fall. Two feet nine seam

Jenkins, Isaac, 18 Mar 1886, aged 52, Collier, Fall of stone

Jenkins, William, 09 Feb 1892, 9.45 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 21, Assistant Hitcher, Fell into shaft bottom, and cage descended upon him

John, Robert, 05 Nov 1911, (accident: 07 Sep 1911), aged 38, Rider, The front tram of a journey of empties left the rails causing him to be crushed between the 6th and 7th trams. He died of blood poisoning on November 5th, 1911

Jones, Hugh, 24 Jul 1901, aged 44, Ripper, Fall of roof. On road, where deceased and his partner were ripping. They had bored a hole for a shot in the roof, and removed some props on the road side, but had not fired a shot, when a length of 20 feet fell without warning. Six feet seam

Jones, John, 02 Jan 1912, (accident: 04 Nov 1911), aged 26, Haulier, While unhitching a hook between two trams he crushed his little finger. He died, from blood poisoning, January 2nd, 1912

Jones, Thomas, 09 Feb 1879, aged 22, Sinker, Killed by falling from a byat while moving a stage in the shaft

Lewis, Thomas, 05 Jan 1888, aged 14, Collier, Fall of roof (9ft.x 6ft.) and a face slip of coal (9ft. long and 2ft. wide) while holing three props and one sprag were discharged. Two feet nine seam, 5ft. thick. Long wall

Lewis, William, 02 Jul 1889, aged 72, Labourer, Fall of roof (cliff) 5ft. x 2ft. x 1ft. in an airway where he was taking off a sharp corner. Stone fell from a slip which was visible before. One prop discharged. 9ft. Seam. Long wall

Matthews, Thomas, 28 Mar 1904, 2.30 p.m., aged 28, Collier, Fall of side. At face ; while kneeling, about 10 cwt. of coal fell from the face, which was said to have been spragged. Six feet seam

Merchant, Frederick, 05 Jul 1883, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof

Mizen, John, 20 Feb 1894, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof at face. Deceased was barring out a piece of coal at road end and in falling it struck out a prop 2ft. back and a stone 12½ft. x 11¼ft. and 20ins. thick fell from between two slants killing him at once. There were two side props and a centre prop but no double timber within 16ft. of face. Six feet seam

Morgan, William, 29 Jul 1885, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof

Neckriw, William, 12 Feb 1890, aged 27, Haulier, Fall of roof (rippings) where repairers were at work at face of heading. He was taking a tram load of timber to the place. 9ft. seam. Longwall

Parry, Henry, 12 Oct 1896, (accident: 08 Oct 1896), aged 23, Labourer, Fall on heading where a previous fall had just been cleared. Two feet nine seam. Died 12th Oct

Parry, Mark, 01 Oct 1901, (accident: 11 Sep 1901), aged 20, Shackler, Crushed by a full tram which had not been properly spragged and had run down a double-parting, where the gradient was 1 in 36. Died 1st October

Pearce, Frederick, 26 Jan 1901, (accident: 08 Jan 1901), aged 17, Smith's striker, The pin of hauling engine at pit top broke, and rope ran down the pit, and when it ceased left a loop of slack at the top. While he was assisting the smith to "clam" the rope it started to run again, caught his leg against the "clam" and cut it off. Died 26th January

Phillips, Joseph, 16 Aug 1926, (accident: 01 Feb 1926), aged 71, Underground labourer, Knocked into side by empty tram. Died 16th Aug

Powell, Thomas, 24 May 1887, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof (9ft.x 4ft.) at face. There were only two props below it. The deceased was about to put more props up when the roof fell. 4ft. seam. Long wall

Price, Richard, 18 Jun 1884, aged 19, Collier, Fall of stone

Robbins, George, 11 Jul 1889, aged 20, Labourer, An empty tram had got off the rails on the cage standing at bottom of shaft and deceased got on to cage to assist a man who was acting for a few minutes as a hitcher in getting the tram off the cage. While thus engaged the cage was raised (in response to a signal the banksman said) and taken up 15 yards before it was stopped by signal. Although deceased called out to say that he was 'all right', and to lower the cage directly it was moved he fell to the bottom

Thomas, Benjamin, 26 Mar 1901, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof. On road, clift roof, 12 ft. x 4 ft. x 16 ins. thick, from a slip, while he was clearing a small fall of side. Six feet seam

Thomas, Richard, 12 Jul 1901, (accident: 13 Feb 1901), aged 26, Ripper, Fall of roof. On road, while in act of pulling down loose stones after a shot, he was struck by a fall of roof. Died 12th July

Thomas, Richard, 04 Aug 1907, (accident: 30 Jul 1907), aged 45, Ripper, Fall of roof. On road while enlarging. A party of repairers were engaged in taking out timber on a heading to increase the height. There appears to have been considerable vacancy, the result of a former fall, above the timbering, from the top of which a stone about 3 cwts. in weight fell, and rolled over the old timbers and struck Thomas, causing such severe injuries that he died on August 4th. Two feet nine seam. Safety lamps

Thomas, W. J., 14 Sep 1911, aged 17, Assistant Collier, Fall of roof at working place from a slip close to face, discharging timber

Walters, Stephen, 12 Nov 1897, aged 16, Collier, Fall of side at face top coal 10ft x 2ft x 18in thick one sprag said to have been under it. Nine feet seam

Westcott, James, 12 Jul 1912, aged 24, Machineman, Fall of roof at working face. When cutting coal with a mechanical coal cutter, a fall of about six tons came down from three slants, discharging the timber underneath, killing him

Williams, Lewis, 27 Aug 1897, aged 65, Labourer, Fall of roof at face, clift 6ft. x 5ft. x 13in. thick a sudden squeeze crushed out a pair of timbers. Six feet seam

Williams, Richard, 22 Feb 1881, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof

Williams, William, 05 Jul 1885, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof

Young, Charles H., 20 Dec 1905, aged 32, Labourer, Fall of side. On road ; while stowing rubbish near the face of a heading a piece of overhanging clod fell upon him, killing him on the spot. Two props were said to have been discharged by the fall. Nine feet seam