Gwaun Cae Gurwen Colliery

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Cole, James, 05 Aug 1894, aged 44, Sawyer, He was struck on the abdomen by a piece of wood being caught and thrust back by the circular saw which he attended as he was lifting the wood over the saw. Died 5th August

Davies, David, 01 Dec 1887, (accident: 29 Nov 1887), aged 73, Hostler, He was attending a chaff cutter when his arm was drawn in and taken off. Died 1st December

Davies, Evan, 20 Aug 1901, aged 34, Platelayer, Struck by runaway tram which became detached from "journey" which had left the rails. Two other men at the spot got into a manhole and escaped, but deceased appears to have delayed the attempt until it was too late

Davies, James, 03 Feb 1892, 4.20 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 49, Platelayer, By an explosion of gunpowder in a store

Davies, John D., 08 Oct 1889, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof (clod 12ins. thick) from between two slips forming an acute angle and the coal face. There were props on each side but none under part which fell. Big vein, 4ft. thick. Long wall

Davies, Morgan, 16 Nov 1914, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof stone at working face. The stone weighed about 18 cwts. and fell upon him as he was fixing a prop in the face

Davies, Rees, 14 Jan 1911, aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. While making a hole in the floor to set a prop a stone fell from between a back slip and a face slip at a fault

Evans, Daniel, 13 Jul 1897, aged 38, Master haulier, Run over by loaded tram on which he was riding the draw bar of the second tram of a journey of seven having broken causing the first tram to spring forward flinging him off

Evans, David, 26 Oct 1892, 10 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 54, Coal cleaner, Crushed between waggons on siding

Gourmill, Jean, 24 Apr 1912, aged 32, Collier, Owing to the failure of a prop arrangement for holding trams, three loaded trams ran wild and crushed him between the front one and a boring machine that was fixed near face of dip

Griffith, D., 08 Oct 1894, aged 21, Haulier, Kicked by a horse while on his way to the stables after finishing his work

Harry, William, 03 Jun 1913, aged 41, Erector, He was erecting a new screen and washery, and, when upon a scaffold, 29 feet above the floor level, one of the planks, which was not fastened, fell away, throwing him to the ground. He died from fractured skull

Howell, W., 13 Sep 1883, aged 40, Collier, Explosion of gas

Isaac, David, 03 Dec 1852, aged 31, Smith, Stone fell in pumping shaft

Isaac, David J., 21 May 1892, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 15, Shackler, Crushed between loaded trams while attempting to uncouple them before they had stopped on parting

Jenkins, Daniel, 23 Jul 1886, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof from two slips

Johnson, Joseph, 29 Oct 1885, aged 28, Sinker, Blasting in sinking shaft

Jones, Henry, 06 Feb 1911, (accident: 04 Feb 1911), aged 49, Signalman, &c., While ascending the shaft in a cage with six other men he fell out of the end of the cage when it was about 15 feet from the bottom, receiving injuries from which he died two days later. There was nothing to account for him falling out as, according to the other occupants, the cage was going steadily. There was no bar or fence on the cage ends

Jones, John, 14 Jun 1904, (accident: 03 Mar 1904, 10 p.m.), aged 35, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road ; while passing along a heading with a tram of rubbish, a stone, about 4 ft. square and 3 ins, thick, fell on his back, causing injuries from which he died on 14th June. Peacock seam

Lewis, John, 31 Aug 1847, aged 28 [More information ...]

Mainwaring, John, 31 Aug 1847, aged 30 [More information ...]

Matthews, David, 31 Aug 1847, aged 36 [More information ...]

Murphy, Cornelius, 26 Nov 1924, 1.15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 23, Sinker [More information ...]

Phillips, Isaac, 27 Sep 1907, aged 45, Labourer, Whilst lowering a waggon, which had been uncoupled from a group of five, those left behind crept on quietly and ultimately caught Phillips between the buffers. Gradient 1 in 70. Brakes stated to have been pinned down on those left behind

Phillips, Morgan, 26 Apr 1879, aged 54, Timberman, Killed by fall of stone

Price, Enyon, 08 Mar 1890, aged 21, Collier, While boring a hole with a rotary machine a rail with which he was pressing forward the upright

Price, Rees, 28 Sep 1900, 2.30 p.m., aged 34, Hitcher, Fatally injured by a lump of coal falling from the ascending cage as it reached the surface. Pit 185 yards deep

Rees, Evan, 31 Aug 1847, aged 37 [More information ...]

Rees, Henry, 01 Mar 1911, aged 18, Collier, Crushed by trams running wild, owing to the breakage of the haulage rope, on a plane dipping 1 in 4

Rees, Thomas, 31 Aug 1847, aged 17 [More information ...]

Roderick, John, 12 Jan 1891, aged 22, Labourer, Crushed at a hoist

Thomas, Arthur, 04 Mar 1903, aged 31, Shunter, While waggons were being moved by hand at the screens he was caught between the buffers and sustained such severe injuries that he died within an hour

Thomas, David, 30 Nov 1889, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff), 7ft. x 4ft. x 2ft. to nothing part of the rippings which had one prop near the middle. It fell from a flat slip. Seam, 3½ft. thick. Long wall

Thomas, Evan, 14 May 1898, aged 55, Fireman, While exercising a horse during the strike he rode on a tram containing rubbish and the horse being restive suddenly stopped throwing deceased forward his head coming in contact with the sharp corner of the iron tram

Thomas, John, 01 Apr 1885, aged 14, Collier, Fall of roof

William, Williams, 06 Mar 1890, aged 65, Labourer, Squeezed between tub and side of slope

Williams, David, 21 Sep 1892, 4.30 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 33, Rider, Fell off journey and was run over

Williams, Richard, 31 Aug 1847, aged 18 [More information ...]