Groesfaen Colliery

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Bromley, William, 13 Jul 1913, (accident: 04 Jul 1913), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. When drawing down a piece of coal, a triangular stone fell out from the roof and injured his spine. He died on July 13th, 1913

Bufton, Joseph, 25 Jun 1913, (accident: 30 May 1913), aged 18, Collier Boy, His fingers were crushed as he attempted to sprag a tram. He died of blood poisoning on June 25th, 1913

Cooper, John, 21 Jan 1912, (accident: 16 Jan 1912), aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A "bell" stone fell out from between two posts and crop with the coal, causing severe injuries to head. Died January 21st, 1912

Cutter, David, 19 Apr 1915, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Davies, Edward, 22 Feb 1915, aged 18, Assistant Collier, Crushed by the fall of a large stone, a yard long, 2ft. 6in. wide, and 18in. Thick

Donovan, William, 04 Feb 1914, (accident: 30 Jan 1914), aged 22, Night Labourer, He was on his way out from work and instead of taking refuge in a manhole he stood on the inside of a curve while a full journey was being hauled by. The front tram left the rails and crushed him against an arm of timber. He died on February 4th, 1914

Dunn, James, 01 Apr 1914, aged 42, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof when repairing a heading road

Evans, John, 31 Dec 1924, (accident: 29 Dec 1924, 1.50 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 61, Collier, A rope-changer had signalled for his journey to move. Without his knowledge, Evans, who was walking towards the pit, was passing the journey, and he was caught by a tram against the side, being injured so severely that he died two days later. Oil flame safety lamp used

Gregory, William, 07 Jul 1905, 8.30 a.m., aged 41, Sinker, Deceased was attending to other sinkers, who were walling the shaft, when a "bowk," filled with bricks, was lowered rapidly and crashed through the stage upon which they were standing. Deceased fell through the hole so made into 12 feet of water, which had accumulated in the bottom. He was in all probability struck on the head and stunned by the bowk, or he would have escaped, as he was a good swimmer. The engineman said that he failed to pull over the reversing lever, and was therefore unable to stop his engine

Jones, John, 20 Jan 1914, aged 49, Surface foreman, Just before the cage at the surface was signalled away he was seen with his hand resting on some timber in trams on the cage. As the cage left the surface he was seen to fall into the shaft

Llewellyn, John, 15 Jul 1910, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof on stall road while barring nippings down

Price, Edward Thomas, 16 Nov 1928, (accident: 05 Nov 1928), aged 61, Labourer, Crushed between hitching plate and buffer. Died 16th

Roberts, Evan, 14 Oct 1914, (accident: 01 Oct 1914), aged 47, Assistant Timberman, Fall of roof while repairing on main level. He died from his injuries on October 4th, 1914

Roberts, Henry, 19 Apr 1915, aged 45, Ripper, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Selby, Frank, 03 Dec 1908, aged 24, Collier, At face, cliff, 19 feet by 5 feet by 33 inches thick, fell from a smooth diagonal slant on deceased as he was measuring the length of prop required to be set under the middle of the stone. The fireman visited the place half an hour previously, and instructed deceased to set a prop, but I am afraid that he delayed setting the prop so as to cut some more coal. Ras Las seam

Trigg, Albert, 10 Dec 1910, (accident: 28 May 1910), aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof at working face while he was preparing to set a post. Died 10th December, 1910