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Bowen, Daniel, 26 Jul 1912, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof at face of heading. A "bell stone" fell from the roof, striking him on the head, causing instantaneous death. Apparently he should have had a post under this piece of ground

Bowen, David John, 15 Aug 1907, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof. At face. While filling coal into a tram at road end, a fall of roof from a bed of shale occurred, fracturing the skull of one man and injuring a foot of the other. Joints were visible in the roof after the fall, and it appears that the beds are thin and require careful timbering. Green Vein. Safety lamps

Collins, E., 02 Nov 1935, Fireman, death from asphyxiation [Date of Inquest] [More information ...]

Davies, David, 19 May 1914, (accident: 20 Apr 1914), aged 49, Collier, As he was tightening a prop against the roof it sprang out and struck him on the forehead and, as a result of a cut, erysipelas set in, causing his death on the 19th May following

Davies, Evan, 23 Jan 1925, aged 37, Collier, Lowered on buffers of empty tram when engineman lost control and tram ran to bottom — fatal skull fractured

Davies, Morgan, 27 Nov 1890, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof (15ft. x 4ft. wide at one end, to a point at other) from a slip running almost parallel to face. No props within 4ft. of coal. Longwall [More information ...]

Davies, Thomas, 02 Mar 1892, 10.15 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof (clift) at face over two props

Davies, Thomas, 13 Jan 1898, aged 27, Collier, Killed by empty tram running wild on slant owing to a shackle pin coming out while he was waiting for a ride

Davies, William, 16 Jul 1904, 3.45 p.m., aged 42, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road ; while repairing, a fall from the clift roof occurred, fatally injuring him. Big vein

Donoghue, John, 01 Oct 1925, (accident: 30 Sep 1925), aged 30, Collier, Fall of clod — chest injuries. Died 1st Oct

Evans, Daniel, 06 Jul 1897, aged 23, Collier, Fall of side at face coal which was said to have been spragged

Evans, L., 02 Nov 1935, Collier, death from asphyxiation [Date of Inquest] [More information ...]

Griffiths, David, 13 Nov 1891, aged 26, Collier, Fall of piece of coal and clod from top of seam while wedging the bottom coal. Big vein (anthracite) 6ft. 8 ins thick. Long wall

Griffiths, John, 06 Mar 1890, aged 57, Labourer, Crushed by a runaway tram at bottom of an incline, the tram having been pushed over by the incline man before attaching the rope thereto

Griffiths, William, 25 Jun 1897, aged 25, Trammer, Fall of roof on road, while passing a tram of coal. Big vein

Harry, William, 11 Mar 1895, aged 18, Shackler, Crushed between a tram of coal and the roof on a short incline while acting as rider. Road only 4 feet high at place

Haynes, Edward, 31 Jul 1889, aged 40, Fitter, Fell from a beam of 10ft. high while erecting a screen

Hopkins, Henry, 24 May 1892, 7 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 54, Labourer, Crushed by the machinery of a jigger screen

Howells, William, 24 Apr 1925, aged 46, Fireman, Tried to rescue Morgan Daniel and was ovecome by gas and suffocated [More information ...]

Hughes, John, 16 Jun 1905, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while working, a piece of coal in falling knocked out a prop, and loosened a stone measuring 8½ ft, x 2½ ft. x 1 ft., and it fell upon him. Clift roof ; Green Vein

Jackson, Frederick Joseph, 13 Nov 1914, aged 32, Rider, He was riding on a journey down a surface incline when the rope was pulled out of the coupling, and he fell underneath the runaway trams

James, Thomas Howard, 21 Apr 1903, aged 12, Coal Trimmer, While apparently playing with a revolving shaft his clothes got caught and twisted, and he was whirled round and killed by striking some wooden beams near by

Jenkins, David, 10 Sep 1890, aged 25, Trammer, Struck by journey of trams on parting of main engine plane the first tram having left the rails. The men at the parting said a signal had been made to stop the journey there but the engineman denied that he received a signal

Jenkins, James, 05 Sep 1913, (accident: 04 Sep 1913), aged 42, Labourer, As he was writing a label for a wagon in front of some trucks standing on the siding, four other trucks were let down against them ; he was knocked down and run over. He died from his injuries the following day

Jenkins, Walter, 13 Apr 1911, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof on road. While riding out to the relighting station in a journey of trams drawn by a horse one of the trams got derailed and dislodged some timber, and a quantity of small rubbish fell and suffocated him

Jones, David R., 27 Nov 1924, 11.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 39, Shot Firer, He had fired a shot at the face of No. 2 top hole, and was travelling along through the waste to No. 1 top hole, when a stone, 3 ft. 4 ins. by 1 ft. 3 ins. by 1 ft. 4 ins., fell on him. Possibly the shot he had fired disturbed the roof, causing the fall

Jones, Henry, 29 Jun 1896, aged 36, Collier, Fall at face, clod, while taking coal out. Big seam, 7ft. thick

Jones, James, 27 Sep 1912, aged 22, Labourer, Fall of roof at face. In passing along a road parallel with coal face, a large slab of roof fell from slants and killed him

Lloyd, Isaac, 27 Nov 1890, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof (15ft. x 4ft. wide at one end, to a point at other) from a slip running almost parallel to face. No props within 4ft. of coal. Longwall [More information ...]

McLoughlin, Daniel, 11 Jan 1912, aged 18, Labourer, While employed greasing trams at the bottom of a surface incline, he was killed by runaway trams which had become detached from the rest of the journey

Mitchell, James, 10 Jun 1914, (accident: 01 Jun 1914), aged 44, Fitter, He was standing on the top of a vertical cylinder of a gas engine doing repairs when he was struck by the chain of a travelling crane. He fell on to a platform 5 feet 8 inches below and so severely injured his head that he died on June 10th, 1914

Morgan, David J., 13 Feb 1912, aged 34, Labourer, He was struck down and run over by a train of colliery railway wagons while attempting to get on a locomotive when in motion

Morgan, John, 11 Feb 1909, aged 35, Labourer, On an inclined roadway ; while filling rubbish into a tram which was held in position by a post resting against a "collar," and a "sleeper" placed across the rails at the tail end, the post by some means slipped away, causing the tram to run wild. The tram caught in the sleeve of his jacket and he was dragged down the incline plane for 9 or 10 yards, when he collided against a prop supporting the roof. He died two hours after he had been conveyed to his home

Owen, Daniel, 26 Jul 1914, (accident: 24 Jul 1914), aged 50, Repairer, Fall of roof on roadway as he was holding light for his comrade to cut out some timber. He died from his injuries on 26th July, 1914

Philipot, John, 24 Jan 1895, aged 15, Door boy, Crushed by a journey of water tanks on the slant while attempting to jump on as they were passing a landing

Redvers, Vaughan, 09 May 1926, (accident: 08 May 1926), aged 18, Rider, Taking two empty trams down barry and was caught between tram and side. Died 9th

Rees, Benjamin, 03 May 1927, aged 23, Hitcher, Taking tram down with a repairer to a fall when stone fell from roof and killed him

Rees, David, 07 Oct 1888, (accident: 28 Aug 1888), aged 49, Labourer, Slipped in front of loaded truck after unhitching horse and was run over. Died 7th October

Roberts, Edwin, 26 Aug 1925, aged 49, Roadman, Runaway tram

Ryan, William, 23 Mar 1904, (accident: 25 Feb 1904, 10 a.m.), aged 25, Rider, While bringing a tram of rubbish up a dip, he either struck a collar, or was jerked off by the rope coiling badly on the drum, and was crushed so severely that he died on 23rd March

Thomas, David H., 12 Dec 1905, aged 36, Collier, Fall of side. At face ; he was found dead under a fall of coal and clod. There was some reason for believing that the face had not been so carefully spragged as it ought to have been

Thomas, William, 25 Apr 1892, 3 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 20, Collier, Fall of side (coal and clod) at face, which was not sufficiently spragged

Treharne, M. D., 01 Apr 1910, (accident: 24 Mar 1910), aged 26, Stoneman, The explosion of a shot of Saxonite fired by electric battery, while deceased was close to it at the face of a stone drift, resulted in injuries from which he died on the 1st April, 1910. The evidence concerning the accident was unsatisfactory, but it is probable the shot had missed fire and that deceased went to it to test the cable against the shield of his lamp, when by some blunder the shot was fired. There had been great carelessness in the use of explosives in consequence of which proceedings were taken against the owner and manager and convictions obtained

Treharne, Thomas, 24 Mar 1896, aged 15, Labourer, Killed by a tram which was being hauled out of a dip getting off the rails at a junction. It is supposed he was riding on the rope in front of the tram after assisting to drag the rope down the face of dip

Williams, John, 27 Feb 1903, aged 16, Collier boy, Fall of roof. On road ; A block of roof 30 yds. long and 11 yds. wide, consisting of three beds of shale 3 ft. 5 ins. thick, slipped down over the gob on to the level, crushing deceased fatally and injuring two other persons. Green vein [More information ...]

Williams, Sydney, 31 Mar 1913, (accident: 20 Mar 1913), aged 27, Repairer, In riding up a main slant on a wagon upon which he had loaded timber, he was crushed between some low collars and the timber on the tram. He died on March 31st following

Williams, William, 04 Dec 1892, 9.15 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 31, Repairer, Fatally injured by explosion of a shot of gelignite while charging the hole