	Glynogwr Slant	Index	Glynogwr Slant

Glynogwr Slant

Location:	Gilfachgoch 12 miles [20 km] SSW of Merthyr Tydfil
Map Ref:	(Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS982887, 51° 35' 15" N, 3° 28' 11" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Glenavon Garw Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (48,000 tons)
Employment:	1923 - 293 (230 below, 63 surface)
	1933 - 293 (230 below, 63 surface)
	1940 - 293 (230 below, 63 surface)
	1947 - 272 (216 below, 56 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Forward, James, 03 Aug 1911, aged 20, Labourer, While attempting to jump on a shackle of a journey in motion he slipped and was run over
						Griffiths, Thomas, 04 Jan 1924, 12.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 23, Collier, He was filling coal at the entrance to his top hole in a seam 5 ft. thick, when a large stone fell from the roof, discharging a prop, and causing injuries from which he died a week later
						Griffiths, Thomas John, 14 Nov 1925, aged 46, Collier, Small scratich while working — scepticemia
						Mayling, Arthur, 25 Oct 1925, (accident: 13 Oct 1925), aged 23, Collier, Post discharged roof fell — injured back and internal injuries. Died 25th
						Tudor, Emlyn, 09 Jul 1925, aged 28, Repairer, Engaged in heading that had not been worked for three months fenced off and containing blackdamp — fireman set him to work and he was later found dead — suffocated by blackdamp

						5 names found

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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.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Glynogwr Slant

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Glynogwr Slant

Credits

Sources:

1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Swansea Division (No. 7) by W. J. Charlton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website