Granville Colliery

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Ashley, S., 30 Jun 1870, aged 23, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Edwards, Samuel, 11 Jan 1909, (accident: 30 Nov 1908), aged 35, Filler, Deceased was lifting a piece of dirt, when it broke in his hands. To avoid the falling pieces he jumped backwards and collided with a prop, bruising his back. He resumed work on 11th January, 1909, but died suddenly when at work. The medical evidence at the inquest attributed death to cardiac failure, accelerated by the accident

Ferriday, J., 20 Nov 1879, aged 18, Driver, Fall of roof in main road

Ferriday, M., 28 Aug 1860, aged 32, Sinker, Scaffold bearer broke whilst repairing shaft

Hayward, A., 14 Jan 1868, aged 13, Waggoner, Waggon went over him on the road

Holloway, G., 28 Aug 1874, aged 16, Horse Driver, Crushed by a fall caused by firing of shot

Johnson, Henry, 09 Jul 1867, aged 24, Collier, Explosion of powder

Morgan, John, 01 Dec 1907, (accident: 19 Jul 1907, 10.15 p.m.), aged 40, Road Repairer, Deceased and another were sent to get a piece of rock down at a low place in a gate-road in the Double Coal. Deceased stood on one side of the spot, and his mate at the other side knocked on the lump, when it fell, and a portion of it struck deceased in the back, causing injuries to the spine from which he died on 1st December, 1907

Price, J., 24 Jul 1874, Bursting boiler tube [More information ...]

Pritchard, Moses, 11 Jun 1908, aged 45, Pumper, Deceased was sitting in a tub, riding along a level in the Clod Coal seam going to his work first thing in the morning. Workmen were allowed to ride on this length on account of water under foot over a considerable portion of it. Deceased failed to lower his head when the tub in which he was riding reached a spot where the side of the road projected a distance of 9 ins. nearly flush over the edge of the tub. He received a blow which dislocated his neck, causing almost instant death. The accident happened in an old shunt or pass-by. The road on rise side which was higher, was usually used, but at time of accident two loaded tubs stood in it, and the men were taken along the dip-side road

Unknown, -, 14 Aug 1861, A man, The scaffold tilted in the shaft