Glyn Pits

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Addis, James, 08 Sep 1880, (accident: 01 Sep 1880), aged 30, Labourer, Injured by a rope breaking whilst he was examining it, and died on the 8th

Barber, Charles, 09 May 1889, (accident: 13 Feb 1889), aged 61, Repairer, His legs were so severely crushed between trams on a double parting that amputation was necessary. He died the 9th May

Brace, James H., 12 Jul 1898, (accident: 23 Jun 1898), aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof from a smooth slip at the face of his stall while he was shovelling back rubbish into the gob. He died the 12th July. He was of in the employment of W. Brace who worked in the coal under an arrangement with the Ebbw Vale Co. but who was not absolutely leesee or occupier

Brain, William, 29 Mar 1889, aged 28, Repairer, Fall of roof from a slip which he and his comrade were previously unable to see

Butts, Thomas, 21 Aug 1874, (accident: 17 Jan 1874), Collier, Fall of clod between upper and lower lifts of coal. Died Aug 21

Churchill, Henry, 11 Aug 1864, aged 34, Collier, Killed by the fall of roof at the intersection of a stall with the heading. They upset a loaded tram into the stall, but in doing so knocked out the timbers [More information ...]

Cook, J. A., 22 Sep 1875, aged 12, Door boy, Playing with others, crawed into some sheaves to hide, when these were started, not knowing he was there

Dance, William, 11 Dec 1908, aged 31, Labourer, Crushed by a runaway journey of trams which was being lowered to the shaft from the summit of the engine plane, in consequence of the tail rope, by which it was being lowered, breaking. The rope, which had only been at work five months, was worn to such an extent that although considered to have been originally of excessive strength, it was no longer strong enough for the load and the jerk it would have to bear on the journey being transferred from the main rope to the tail rope. The arrangements and conditions under which this rope works are so bad, that it must be the cause of a heavy charge for ropes, and the whole plan requires remodelling (Mechanical haulage)

Davies, James, 09 Apr 1879, (accident: 07 Apr 1879), aged 35, Collier, Injured by fall of stone. Died 9th

Davies, T. J., 02 Aug 1882, aged 15, Collier, Fall of coal. The face was standing straight up, and it fell without warning

Harris, Lewis, 02 May 1866, aged 23, Roadman, He was temporarily employed as a haulier and was descending a steep gradient he was "shafting" the tram, that is retarding as much as possible. He was coming out of the stall into a cross heading and trying to arrest the tram with his back at the front of it

Hill, William, 01 Jun 1864, aged 53, Collier, Lost their lives by explosion of firedamp in the Rock Vein coal, in consequence of both doors being left open by the haulier, who was himself one of the killed. The fresh air was thus entirely cut off from the face of the work in the heading [More information ...]

James, John, 19 Sep 1872, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof

Jenkins, John, 21 Nov 1871, (accident: 20 Nov 1871), aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof on the 20th, died on the 21st

Jones, W., 19 May 1883, (accident: 05 May 1883), aged 32, Repairer, When repairing a road a fall of rubbish occurred which injured his spine ; he died on the 19th

Jones, William, 03 Dec 1863, (accident: 27 Nov 1863), aged 12, Door boy, Left his door to amuse himself with the trams, and got so crushed by them, that he died on the 3rd of December

Lloyd, David, 22 Jan 1890, aged 29, Collier, Where two timbermen were engaged repairing in the engine plane (the main intake air road) they ignited some firedamp with their naked lights being an issue through broken ground it continued burning and set the timbers on fire resulting in the suffocation of these men [More information ...]

Lovel, Job, 15 Dec 1865, aged 32, Roadman, Between the "Rock Vein Coal" and its own top rock a considrable quantity of stuff is sometimes interposed. This mass came down (nearly all the pit is squeezed) whilst Lovel was removing timber and came so suddenly that he could not escape but was covered by the fall and so suffocated

Lucas, William, 25 Aug 1873, aged 25, Collier, Fall of coal by reason of a "slip"

Marshall, William, 04 Apr 1868, aged 57, Collier, Killed in the rock vein coal whilst he was actually sounding the place to ascertain if it was safe or otherwise. The stone that fell was liberated from the top by its slanting structural division. A moment before his death he told his son that he considered the place safe

Matthews, William, 08 Sep 1863, aged 49, Haulier, Killed by falling under the trams

Mills, Arthur, 22 Jan 1890, aged 18, Collier, Where two timbermen were engaged repairing in the engine plane (the main intake air road) they ignited some firedamp with their naked lights being an issue through broken ground it continued burning and set the timbers on fire resulting in the suffocation of these men [More information ...]

Moses, Daniel, 11 Aug 1864, aged 26, Haulier, Killed by the fall of roof at the intersection of a stall with the heading. They upset a loaded tram into the stall, but in doing so knocked out the timbers [More information ...]

Palmer, W., 14 Dec 1881, Fall of clod. Whilst filling coal in the face a small piece of clod fell upon him

Price, Henry, 22 Jan 1890, aged 17, Collier, Where two timbermen were engaged repairing in the engine plane (the main intake air road) they ignited some firedamp with their naked lights being an issue through broken ground it continued burning and set the timbers on fire resulting in the suffocation of these men [More information ...]

Prosser, John, 01 Jan 1863, aged 45, Assistant banksman, Walked backwards into the shaft, fell nearly 200 yards, and was knocked almost to pieces

Rogers, John, 27 Mar 1876, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Rogers, William, 27 Mar 1876, aged 15, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Rowles, William, 01 Jun 1878, Collier, Injured by fall of clod and died same day

Spiers, George, 22 Jan 1890, aged 41, Labourer, Where two timbermen were engaged repairing in the engine plane (the main intake air road) they ignited some firedamp with their naked lights being an issue through broken ground it continued burning and set the timbers on fire resulting in the suffocation of these men [More information ...]

Stephens, John, 01 Jun 1864, aged 16, Haulier, Lost their lives by explosion of firedamp in the Rock Vein coal, in consequence of both doors being left open by the haulier, who was himself one of the killed. The fresh air was thus entirely cut off from the face of the work in the heading [More information ...]

Thomas, John, 01 Jun 1864, aged 69, Collier, Lost their lives by explosion of firedamp in the Rock Vein coal, in consequence of both doors being left open by the haulier, who was himself one of the killed. The fresh air was thus entirely cut off from the face of the work in the heading [More information ...]

Treasure, R., 10 Jun 1858, Some timber being knocked out, caused a heavy fall of coals

Turner, Francis, 22 Jan 1890, aged 39, Collier, Where two timbermen were engaged repairing in the engine plane (the main intake air road) they ignited some firedamp with their naked lights being an issue through broken ground it continued burning and set the timbers on fire resulting in the suffocation of these men [More information ...]

Vaux, Henry, 01 Jun 1864, aged 17, Haulier, Lost their lives by explosion of firedamp in the Rock Vein coal, in consequence of both doors being left open by the haulier, who was himself one of the killed. The fresh air was thus entirely cut off from the face of the work in the heading [More information ...]

Watkins, John, 23 Mar 1868, aged 22, Haulier, Fall of rubbish from the roof

Willmott, Evan, 28 Jun 1878, aged 20, Repairer, Killed by fall of stone

Woodyate, John, 10 Aug 1860, aged 29, Hitcher, Engine started too soon and forced him into the sump. Banksman to blame, inasmuch as he gave the signal to go on without receiving it from the hitcher