Garngoch Colliery

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Barnes, William Edwin, 15 Nov 1924, (accident: 13 Nov 1924, 8.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 21, Repairer, He was engaged on repairing on a stall road near the face, and had lifted a heavy collar on to two props. Not being satisfied with one of the arms, he used a sledge to turn it a little, when a stone fell from the side above him. This knocked out a pair of timber behind him, thus bringing down more stone. The collar and some stone fell on him. The fallen timber behind had been set on the previous Tuesday, but had not been laced. This accident should not have occurred, and emphasises the importance of pairs of timber being laced together

Collins, Jacob, 24 Dec 1909, aged 48, Collier, Fall of side. At face ; while taking down top coal, a large piece fell, and struck him before he could get clear away. Extracting pillars of coal. Five Feet Seam. Safety lamps

Davies, David, 05 Sep 1887, aged 32, Labourer, A loaded bucket which was being tipped by steam crane canted and fell upon him. He had been warned to keep out of the way while the bucket was being emptied. Sinking pit

Davies, David, 14 Sep 1904, 7.45 a.m., aged 63, Banksman, Crushed between a door post and end of a tram which he had just taken from the cage

Davies, Thomas, 14 Jan 1908, aged 49, Collier, He was assisting a haulier to lower an empty tram into a roadway having a slight dip inbye. He was in front of the tram and the haulier was behind. It is believed he struck his head against a low projection in the roof and sustained a fracture of the skull

Davies, William, 21 Apr 1924, (accident: 12 Apr 1924, 7.45 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 39, Collier, He worked in a seam 7 ft. thick. A sudden squeeze burst about ½ cwt. of coal out from near the roof, off a back slip, and he was severely injured. He died on 21st April, 1924

Evans, William, 01 Jan 1911, (accident: 17 Dec 1910), aged 57, Collier, In cutting a wedge, the axe slipped and cut his leg. Blood poisoning supervened and he died 1st January, 1911

Feeney, Thomas, 27 Apr 1914, aged 39, Collier, Fall of coal side at working face

Ford, Daniel, 06 Apr 1910, (accident: 04 Apr 1910), aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A bell-shaped stone recently exposed fell on him. He had tested the roof and found it sounded heavy, and was working incautiously to remove fallen coal for setting a post under it. Died 6th April, 1910

Grey, John, 01 Feb 1904, (accident: 04 Jan 1904, 12 noon), aged 68, Gate-keeper, After opening the gate for a locomotive and train to pass he attempted to cross in front to hand some stores to the driver, and was knocked down and run over. Died 1st February

Hugh, Thomas, 07 Jul 1880, aged 29, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Hughes, Thomas, 02 Jun 1904, 3.15 p.m., aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while deceased and his partner were pulling down a piece of top coal, the coal, in falling, knocked out the pair of timbers next the face, and some roof fell causing fatal injuries. Five feet seam

Hughes, William, 06 Apr 1888, aged 19, Repairer, Fall of roof while re-timbering main road. 5ft. seam. Pillar and stall [More information ...]

Job, Walter, 16 May 1883, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof

John, Llewellyn, 04 Nov 1881, aged 33, Pitman, Killed by falling off a stage in an upcast shaft

Jones, David, 07 Nov 1924, 6.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 41, Repairer, He was driving up a wedge to secure a pair of timber on a level heading, when a piece of stone fell from the roof, and killed him outright. It is likely that in wedging, he broke a stone, thus causing the accident. He had taken the precaution to set up two temporary props, and the fireman had just previously examined the roof, when it appeared to be satisfactory

Jones, John, 06 Apr 1888, aged 41, Repairer, Fall of roof while re-timbering main road. 5ft. seam. Pillar and stall [More information ...]

Jones, John, 24 Oct 1913, (accident: 20 Oct 1913), aged 56, Engineman, He fell from the top of a wooden staircase to the ground when leaving his engine-room and fractured his leg. He died four days later from exhaustion

Jones, Thomas, 23 Jun 1908, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof. On roadway while repairing ; while knocking out an "arm" of a pair of timbers with a heavy hammer, a fall of roof occurred, and two other pairs of timbers were discharged resulting in a fall measuring 12 feet 9 inches, by 9 feet 7 inches, by 5 feet 10 inches in thickness one end, and 2 feet 5 inches the other. A machine for withdrawing timber should have been used. Five Feet Seam. Safety lamps

Lewis, Griffith, 05 Aug 1927, aged 65, Pitman, Engaged with hitcher removing a stick and collar which was fixed abut 5ft from pit bootm — after lifting stick over edge on cage bottom he fell to cage floor — neck injured

Lewis, Henry John, 22 Aug 1912, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof at face. A broken, shaley roof discharged two pairs of timbers, which fell upon him, causing instant death

Lewis, John, 07 Jul 1880, aged 30, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Morgan, John, 27 Mar 1890, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof at entrance to a stall, where there was a framing of timber 9ft. square all of which was displaced. 5ft. seam. Pillar and stall

Morgan, Sydney Rees, 26 Feb 1909, aged 33, Colliery manager, While an electric haulage motor was in motion, the manager endeavoured to drop sand between the brake strap and the drum, because the brake failed to grip. He placed his hand on an intermediate revolving shaft, and was thrown against the drum. He died in 20 minutes from severe injuries

Morgan, William, 07 Jul 1880, aged 33, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Poole, William John, 21 Mar 1928, (accident: 06 Mar 1928), aged 45, Hewer, Pulling down coal when some fell and cut finger. Died of septicemia 21st

Prue, William, 08 Apr 1915, aged 41, Collier, The two men had practically finished their day's work when a fall of coal occurred, burying them. The fall was so heavy that five men had to work hard to extricate the poor fellows [More information ...]

Rees, Daniel, 07 Jul 1880, aged 29, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Richards, Frederick, 16 Aug 1910, aged 23, Hitcher, Crushed under descending cage when crossing shaft bottom in contravention of Special Rule

Richards, Thomas, 08 Mar 1907, aged 15, Doorboy, Run over and killed by a journey of loaded trams, breaking through a door of which he was the attendant. He seems to have forgotten to open it in time, and was standing in the middle of the roadway watching a mason at work on an airbridge. A manhole had been cut in the side and a rope attached to the door which could be opened and closed when the attendant was in the manhole

Richards, Thomas, 22 Nov 1910, aged 19, Labourer, Fall of roof on haulage road while he was illegally riding in an empty tram. One of the trams caught a post and knocked it out and so caused the fall

Rosser, David, 07 Jul 1880, aged 21, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Thomas, David H., 06 Jun 1914, (accident: 05 Jun 1914), aged 42, Collier, He died the following day from injuries received by a tram three parts filled with coal running away from the face of a roadway owing to its being improperly secured

Thomas, James, 11 Mar 1913, aged 41, Haulier, When leaving the mine with his horse at the end of the shift, he was overtaken and run over by a journey of loaded trams on an engine plane

Watkins, Daniel, 07 Jul 1880, aged 14, Collier's Boy, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Williams, David, 14 Sep 1911, aged 35, Collier, Fall of side at working face. A large piece of top coal displaced a sprag set on soft floor

Williams, David John, 23 Jun 1914, aged 32, Cutter, Fall of roof at working face