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Austin, Herbert, 15 Feb 1936, (accident: 03 Jan 1936), aged 51, Roadman, Alleged jammed between boxes. Died 15th Feb

Beavan, John, 02 Dec 1924, (accident: 25 Nov 1924, 10.35 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 58, Repairer, He was gobbing rubbish at the face of a stall road, when a loose stone, resting on the gob, slid down over the packwall and crushed him against the face. He died from his injuries on the 2nd December. Oil flame safety lamp used

Bennett, Thomas, 01 Jun 1928, aged 72, Door attendant, Struck by door into which set came into contact

Bishop, William, 21 Jun 1884, aged 49, Metalman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged in widening a road, and was taking the bottom part of the side off, when a piece of the overhanging top stone fell upon him. He appeared to have neglected to set sufficient timber

Boyer, Anthony, 11 Dec 1873, aged 18, Filler, Explosion of gas. Datalers sent to remove some gas out of wicket by setting a door. Williams unscrewed his lamp [More information ...]

Crooke, John, 02 Oct 1929, (accident: 16 Jul 1929), aged 48, Assistant repairer, Fall of roof. Died 5th Oct

Davies, George, 13 Mar 1889, aged 18, Ropeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Instead of walking up the engine brow he tried to get on the rope to ride up, when his foot slipped and he fell in front of the gang, the front tub being dragged over him

Davies, George, 29 Nov 1949, aged 49, Deputy

Davies, John, 06 May 1874, aged 18, Wagonrider, Crushed between tub and side of Main Coal Seam

Davies, John, 16 Feb 1895, aged 50, Furnaceman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was suffocated by fumes from a fire which somehow occurred in the old north yard workings near the pit torch lamps used near the bottom of the downcast shaft and in the night previous some men were engaged getting an old rope from that part but they denied having taken an open light these. The torch lamps have now been done away with in that part

Davies, Jonathan, 05 Feb 1891, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made a inquest attended. He had been getting down some coal and in doing so bared a slip at the face when a triangular piece of stone fell out from between three slips on to him. The roof was solid and good all round and deceased had his place

Davies, Mica, 31 Dec 1900, 1.30 p.m., aged 51, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 12 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 ft. thick, two pairs of timber broke down. Four feet seam

Davies, Robert, 27 Mar 1900, aged 57, Winding-engineman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was found dead between the air-receiver and the compressed-air engine-house, apparently about midnight, he having slipped and fallen over or under the fence of the staging between the two engine-houses, the fence rail being 2 ft. 9 ins. from the floor. It was a frosty night, and the deceased would have fallen about ten feet on to the air-receiver when he received the fatal injuries

Davies, Samuel, 21 Feb 1941, aged 55, Collier

Davies, Thomas, 22 Oct 1896, (accident: 19 Oct 1896), aged 64, Carpenter, While carrying some timber he fell and strained himself, and it is supposed that he in this manner sustained the injury which resulted in his death three days afterwards

Davies, Thomas D., 05 Oct 1901, aged 16, Door boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged as a door-boy, but went in with the pony and empty tubs instead of the proper driver ; and when returning with the pony and full tubs a large stone fell from the side over the pack wall crashing the deceased

Davis, Thomas, 11 Dec 1873, aged 26, Collier, Explosion of gas. Datalers sent to remove some gas out of wicket by setting a door. Williams unscrewed his lamp [More information ...]

Dodd, Josiah, 09 May 1928, aged 53, Coal getter, Killed by a fall of roof at face

Dodd, William, 06 May 1875, aged 17, Hooker on, Crushed by cage

Dodd, William, 17 Aug 1891, 10.30 a.m., aged 19, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was assisting to unload a large tub of slack into the fire holes when it suddenly overturned and crushed him against a wooden partition which was used to guide the slack into the fireholes

Edwards, Edward, 22 Dec 1905, aged 30, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. When liberating some sprags set against the coal, more coal came down than he expected, which knocked out two props, causing some roof coal and dirt to fall upon deceased, and he was killed

Edwards, John Frederick, 04 Apr 1930, aged 61, Collier

Edwards, R., 28 Jan 1936, Miner

Edwards, Robert J., 04 Sep 1907, aged 18, Gang-rider, Deceased when riding with the haulage journey apparently slipped and got fatally crushed by the full tubs

Edwards, Thomas, 05 Mar 1885, aged 17, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was pulling down some coal which had been holed when a large piece rolled over bringing with it some roof from a slip. The place was well timbered

Edwards, W. H., 21 Jul 1952, Foreman Painter

Edwards, William Griff, 31 Mar 1936, (accident: 26 Mar 1936), aged 39, Collier

Evans, Benjamin, 02 Feb 1882, aged 14, Screener, Inquiries made. The boy was assisting to move the waggons under the screens, when he was caught between the buffers. The danger to young boys employed at such work was pointed out and the manager promised to give the matter his attention

Evans, Charles, 23 Mar 1882, aged 20, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was assisting to shunt some waggons, and in running past the points was struck by the lever and thrown under the wheels of the loco which was in motion at the time, and so caused the lever to fly back

Evans, Hugh, 11 Apr 1931, (accident: 09 Mar 1931), aged 40, Collier

Evans, Isaac, 05 Jan 1885, aged 18, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. A heavy fall of roof at the face, which squeezed down the pack and capped two or three props. A smaller piece broke off and slipped down on to deceased who was filling his tub at the time

Evans, Meredith Pryce, 05 Jun 1946, (accident: 30 May 1946), aged 56, Haulage Engine Driver

Evans, Richard, 21 Aug 1891, 9.30 a.m., aged 23, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was killed by a large stone which fell from between two slips in the roof upon him. He had a row of props set 3ft. from the coalface and the place was fairly timbered

Evans, Solomon, 22 Sep 1882, aged 47, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was getting his coal down when a piece of the top coal unexpectedly fell from a slip on to him

Evans, William, 24 Apr 1885, aged 56, Screener, Inspection made. The deceased was crushed between a waggon and one of the uprights of the stage which was too near the line. Alterations are to be made to the stage with a view to making it safer

Green, Aaron, 16 May 1871, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof

Green, Evan, 01 Nov 1915, aged 45, Collier, Killed by a fall of side at face

Green, Owen, 08 Mar 1910, aged 45, Collier, When engaged getting coal at the face, a fall of roof came upon him from a slip running with the face

Griffith, Thomas, 01 Jun 1900, 2.30 p.m., aged 14, Collier boy, Fall of roof. At face, top coal, 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 21 ins. thick, from between two slants. Four feet seam

Hesketh, Thomas, 03 Jun 1875, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Hier, Isaac, 12 May 1900, 11 a.m., aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, coal and clod, 8 ft. x 2 ft. 4 ins. x 2½ ft. thick, discharging two props, while deceased was clearing a former fall. Four feet seam

Hughes, Daniel, 30 Nov 1883, aged 15, Putter, Inspection made and inquest attended. The lad was found dead, with his head downwards between the shafts of the a donkey which he was driving. He was in the habit of riding on the shafts, and the roof being low, it is supposed that he struck his head against the roof

Hughes, George, 28 Feb 1873, aged 15, Horse Driver, Crushed by waggons on surface

Hughes, John, 19 Mar 1879, aged 37, Collier, A small fall of roof from between slips. He knew it was unsafe but delayed the timbering until he loaded his tub

Hughes, Joseph, 29 Oct 1880, aged 62, Shiftman, The deceased was clearing away a fall and hearing the roof begin to weight he tried to get away, but was caught by a small piece of stone which forced his face to the floor and he was suffocated

Hughes, Joseph, 03 Sep 1924, 7.45 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 47, Coal getter, The deceased had just entered his working place, and on examining it found some ripping stone lying on the floor. While in the act of stowing the debris in the pack, a large stone fell away from between two parallel slips and, after uncapping a bar, struck him on the head causing instant death. Other workers in the vicinity stated that the roof gave no warning, but that the fall was coincident with a sudden crump. The place was apparently well timbered

Hughes, Matthias, 05 Sep 1898, aged 27, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was building a pack wall behind the longwall face when a stone fell from the roof injuring his spine. The place appeared to be well propped up to the face

Hughes, Thomas, 28 Apr 1874, aged 35, Fireman, Suffocated in yard mine while opening an air road next to a fault which had fallen in [More information ...]

Hughes, William, 13 May 1873, aged 55, Labourer, Crushed between waggons on surface

Humphries, Evan, 30 Dec 1920, aged 30, Coal getter, Killed by a fall of roof

Jarvis, Robert, 28 Apr 1879, aged 28, Collier, He was getting down coal with a crow bar when a small piece of top coal rolled off on to him

Jenkins, Daniel, 08 Mar 1870, aged 15, Drawer, Fall of roof

Jenkins, Daniel, 08 Mar 1871, aged 15, Drawer, Fall of roof

Jones, Aaron, 13 Feb 1889, aged 19, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. A heavy fall of roof, bringing down the coal to a "slip" at the back of the holing, and knocking out several props

Jones, David, 01 Sep 1935, aged 68, Overseer

Jones, David A., 11 Dec 1907, aged 18, Screener, In the act of going to another screen, he appears to have taken a short cut, by going under the fence and attempted to jump across the slack conveyor, when he slipped, and got fatally crushed by the conveyor

Jones, Edward, 28 Apr 1874, aged 23, Collier, Suffocated in yard mine while opening an air road next to a fault which had fallen in [More information ...]

Jones, Edward, 25 Nov 1874, aged 20, Dataller, Fell from Quaker Coal to Main Coal, 54 yards

Jones, Edward, 30 Dec 1902, aged 30, Repairer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged widening a level roadway, and had jack-propped a bar; and when cutting the side, he liberated a stone, which fell from a slip in the roof upon him, the bar being knocked out by the fall

Jones, Edward, 26 Mar 1910, aged 47, Roadman, When repairing a roadway, a stone which they had been trying to get down fell upon the deceased

Jones, Elias, 16 Oct 1887, aged 49, Shiftman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was ordered by the fireman to make more height in the road by taking 5 or 6 inches out of the middle of the roof but instead of doing so he commenced to cut the side of the stone without first putting a prop under it. He cut into a slip running across the road, when the stone suddenly fell on to him. Accident due entirely to carelessness and disregard of orders

Jones, Harold, 05 Jun 1915, aged 14, Door boy, Run over by tubs and killed

Jones, John, 19 Jun 1871, Run over by railway trucks above ground

Jones, John, 22 Sep 1883, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was loading up some coal when a stone fell out from between some "slips." More timber should have been set in the place and it transpired at the inquest that the supervision of the working places of the firemen was inadequate. Representations to this effect were made to the owners

Jones, John Thomas, 18 Sep 1913, (accident: 11 Sep 1913), aged 29, Collier, Deceased had been holing on top of the Yard Coal seam, which is 4 feet thick, and while getting down a piece of holing dirt 9 inches long and 3 inches thick with his pick, the stone fell on his right arm causing it to bleed. He went on working and worked the following day, when he had to give up owing to pains in his arm. He died 18th September, from the effects of blood poisoning caused by the injury to his arm

Jones, Jonathan, 28 Apr 1885, aged 52, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was getting down coal when he bared a slip at the face and a heavy fall of roof occurred capping one or two props. He knew the stone was dangerous and had set extra props but they did not appear to have been

Jones, Jonathon, 16 Nov 1934, aged 39, Collier

Jones, Levi, 01 Aug 1916, aged 44, Coal getter, Killed by a fall of roof

Jones, R. T. Wynn, 28 Sep 1950, aged 58

Jones, Samuel, 02 Nov 1932, aged 62, Miner

Jones, Thomas, 25 Feb 1873, aged 29, Collier, Killed by tubs on incline

Jones, Thomas, 05 Jan 1889, aged 69, Boiler cleaner, Inquest attended. He was crossing the rails to his work, when the locomotive ran against him. There was a bridge provided at this point for the workmen, but its use was not made compulsory, although notice boards were up warning the men not to cross the line

Jones, Thomas Owen, 14 Jun 1940, aged 57, Cutterman

Jones, Walter, 08 Jan 1930, aged 53, Foreman Plate Layer

Jones, William, 03 Jun 1875, aged 55, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Lloyd, Joseph, 29 Jan 1909, aged 35, Shiftman, When attending to some tubs, with the haulage, the first tub got off the rails, which appeared to have knocked a prop out, causing a fall of roof on the deceased

Maxwell, Robert, 12 Aug 1916, aged 40, Nighshift man, Found dead — natural causes

Mears, David, 13 Sep 1904, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was coming up the haulage downbrow, when a journey of empty tubs coming around a curve struck him, causing fatal injuries, before he reached a manhole, which were ten yards apart. It was advised at the inquiry to have the road made wider at that part

Miles, Robert, 19 Apr 1940, aged 41, Collier

Mill, Harriet, 04 Jun 1872, aged 13, By coal trucks under screen

Mitchell, John, 30 Jan 1888, (accident: 17 May 1887), aged 25, Collier, Inquiries made and inquest attended. Injured 17th May 1887. He was pulling down some coal, when a stone fell bringing more coal with it back to a slip. The props were three feet from the face

Morris, William, 26 May 1900, aged 60, Door-minder, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was too late in opening the wooden air-door in the main and tail-rope-haulage road, and got crushed by the journey against the door. At the inquiry it was suggested to have a rope or chain for opening the door, and that the door should be removed a further distance from the curve

Neild, William, 07 Dec 1915, aged 25, Trammer, Fractured rib caused by runaway tub

O'Neil, Mike, 25 Apr 1925, (accident: 21 Apr 1925), aged 47, Assistant repairer, Fall of stone. Died 25th

Owen, Evan, 27 Feb 1893, (accident: 14 Feb 1893), aged 48, Shiftman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased knocked a prop out supporting the top over a manhole with the intention of ripping it higher and when in the act of clearing some of the dirt out of same a stone fall from under where he had taken the prop from between the two slips causing injuries to which he succumbed on the 27th inst

Owen, Thomas, 27 Aug 1890, aged 50, Shiftman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was preparing to set a bar to replace a broken one and as he was chipping the side a large stone fell from the roof and knocked out the broken bar which struck deceased. He had just set a new bar a yard away from the broken one

Owen, Thomas, 31 Mar 1905, aged 20, Pony-driver, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was found fatally crushed by the first full tub which was off the rails. He probably had gone in front to put the tub on the rails, when he was run over

Parry, Joseph, 14 Jan 1907, (accident: 11 Dec 1906), aged 67, Shiftman, He was walking down some steps on to the railway siding, when he got knocked over by the locomotive, which was passing at the time, which he had failed to see. He expired January 14, 1907

Parry, William, 14 Apr 1894, (accident: 11 Apr 1894), aged 71, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was walking along the engine plane around a curve when a journey of 20 empty tubs were coming to meet him and before he got in this manhole he was struck on the side and received such injuries that he succumbed on the 14th. There happened to have been a compressed air hauling engine working there which would have hindered the old man hearing the journey

Pemberton, George, 27 Apr 1893, aged 23, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was in the act of filling a tub of coal near the face which had been standing a few days. The coal had been holed about 4 feet with sprags set about 4 feet apart when portion of the coal gave way over the sprags crushing the deceased against the tub. Long sprags will be used in future as well as short ones

Phillips, John, 28 Jun 1877, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof

Phillips, Joseph, 22 Apr 1887, aged 17, Waggoner, Inquest attended. The lad was taking a timber trolley down an incline and instead of keeping behind it got on the trolley to ride down. It ran away with him and he was bumped up against some loaded tubs at the bottom

Phillips, Robert Isaac, 14 Jun 1911, (accident: 09 Jun 1911), aged 22, Rope rider, When riding on the rope of a gang of fourteen full tubs, in a main and tail haulage road, three of the tubs left the rails and he fell and got fatally injured against the corner of a manhole, and died on June 14

Price, Herbert, 28 May 1914, aged 20, Waggoner, While deceased was taking a full tub of coal from the Longwall face, a sudden weighting of the roof occurred, which caused a fall from a slip running parallel with the coal face. The fall displaced three props and caught deceased, causing instant death

Pritchall, Robert, 16 Dec 1886, aged 17, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was told by the contractor to help a collier in the place, but instead of doing so he appears to have gone into the waste where he was found dead under a stone shortly after. As he had a hammer with him it is supposed that he was knocking out a prop to get some stuff to finish a pack on which he had previously been engaged

Pritchard, Timothy, 11 Dec 1873, aged 34, Dataller, Explosion of gas. Datalers sent to remove some gas out of wicket by setting a door. Williams unscrewed his lamp [More information ...]

Read, Pedrog, 26 Mar 1936, aged 34, Collier

Read, Thomas, 12 May 1888, (accident: 03 Feb 1888), aged 19, Collier, Inspection made. A prop had been knocked out by some coal falling against it and deceased was starting to reset it when a stone fell from between two slips on to him. Died 12th May

Roberts, David, 23 Oct 1891, aged 45, Night fireman, Inquiry made. Deceased was sent to watch a manhole a place through in order to clear out some firedamp. He went round to the side where the gas was to listen at the man working so as to judge of the distance yet to be cut through

Roberts, Edward, 13 Oct 1875, aged 40, Dataler, Crushed between full tub and roof

Roberts, Ishmael, 16 May 1928, aged 32, Haulage hand, Killed by runaway tubs while coupling

Roberts, John, 03 Jun 1875, aged 36, Overman, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Roberts, Samuel, 17 Mar 1869, aged 27, Collier, Falling out of cage whilst descending the pit [More information ...]

Roberts, Samuel, 12 May 1896, aged 23, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When returning to the pit bottom through the metal tunnel a fall of roof took place from a break in the stone which had not been previously detected displacing two bars set about 5 feet apart crushing deceased

Roberts, William, 09 Jan 1901, (accident: 08 Jan 1901), aged 18, Wagoner, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was riding on the iron shaft attached to pony and tub, when he apparently fell backwards and was fatally crushed by the full tub. He succumbed to the injuries received the following day

Rowlands, Dillwyn, 16 Jun 1928, (accident: 04 Jun 1928), aged 19, Shackler, Crushed between trams. Died 16th June

Samuel, John Victor, 18 Apr 1928, aged 18, Light carrier, Fell out of cage into pit while ascending

Savage, William, 06 Feb 1906, (accident: 20 Jan 1906), aged 51, Roadman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He attempted to oil the haulage curve pulley when in motion when his arm got drawn in by the rope and severely crushed. He expired February 6th, 1906, after amputation

Skelland, John H., 13 Jul 1909, aged 15, Pony-driver, Deceased when driving his pony with a sett of full tubs somehow fell, and was found under the second full tub fatally injured

Stone, John, 22 Feb 1926, (accident: 31 Dec 1925), aged 50, Repairer, Fall of stone. Died 22nd Feb. 1926

Thomas, John, 19 Feb 1897, aged 21, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working at the coal face when he freed a slip running parallel with the face causing a stone to fall. They were forming a new road up the longwall face and as the roof appeared strong they had only propped it at the time of the accident on the goaf side

Thomas, John, 31 Jul 1934, aged 39, Heading Man

Thomas, Joseph, 18 May 1937, (accident: 27 Apr 1937), aged 40, Collier

Thomas, Moses, 11 Nov 1867, aged 43, Sinker, Overwinding

Thomas, William, 29 Feb 1924, (accident: 20 Feb 1924, 10.45 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 33, Haulier, He was walking in front of his horse, which was attached to an empty tram, along a heading, when two pairs of timbers discharged, and the fall of roof that followed caught him. He died on 29th February. The strong roof was subject to heavy and sudden pressures. Oil flame safety lamp used

Thomas, William, 20 Nov 1925, (accident: 11 Nov 1925), aged 46, Haulier, Crushed by trams. Died 20th

Trow, Morris, 30 May 1906, 12.35 p.m., aged 40, Collier, Deceased had that morning asked for and obtained work, and had been shown the place he was to work in. He however did no work, but sat down until about noon, and then took his tools back to the shaft. While being raised through the shaft with four other men he was suddenly missed. The hitcher, soon after he had signalled him up, saw his body fall on the sump planks. The other men said that they felt nothing to account for deceased being thrown out. It looked to me like a case of suicide. He was said to have been drinking heavily for three weeks before

Tudor, Joseph, 19 Jan 1934, aged 17, Surface Worker

Tunnah, Simon, 01 Nov 1929, aged 28, Coal cutter, Killed by a fall of roof

Valentine, Daniel, 24 Apr 1953, aged 41, Miner

Ward, Henry James, 22 Jan 1914, (accident: 15 Jan 1914), aged 28, Collier, Fall of stone at face. A small stone fell and cut his finger ; blood poisoning intervened, and he died on the 22nd January 1914

Whalley, Elias, 17 Jun 1934, (accident: 08 Jun 1934), aged 37, Collier

Williams, Absolom, 10 Jun 1916, aged 17, Shaftsman, Struck by piece of brick on head

Williams, David, 11 Dec 1873, aged 37, Master Dataller, Explosion of gas. Datalers sent to remove some gas out of wicket by setting a door. Williams unscrewed his lamp [More information ...]

Williams, Gwilym M., 19 Apr 1916, aged 17, Pony driver, Killed by a fall of roof and side while drawing pony tub

Williams, Issac, 09 Sep 1887, (accident: 15 Jul 1887), aged 60, Shiftman, Inquest attended. The deceased was putting a place 3 feet wide through a fault and had cleared the coal away up to the fault when a stone suddenly fell from the roof on to him. It was not considered a serious accident but he eventually succumbed to the injuries on the 9th September

Williams, James Edward, 25 May 1935, (accident: 05 Feb 1930), aged 49, Collier

Williams, Jesse, 06 Feb 1868, aged 30, Collier, Falling from part way down the shaft

Williams, John, 18 Sep 1913, aged 52, Collier, Whilst engaged in building a chock on a longwall face in the Main Coal seam, a sudden weighting of the roof took place causing a fall of roof coal and dirt, which caught the deceased. The fall measured 6 feet 5 inches long and 3 feet 11 inches wide and 2 feet 7 inches thick, and came from a slip in the roof running parallel with the coal face. A bar Set 2 feet 11 inches from the face was knocked out by the fall

Williams, Richard, 30 Nov 1925, aged 57, Coal getter, Killed by a fall of coal at face

Williams, Sarah, 29 Nov 1893, aged 17, Screen girl, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was adjusting the coal on a loaded waggon when five waggons were shunted by the loco and bumped against the waggon she was on throwing her off on to the ground and she received such injuries that she died immediately afterwards. Stop blocks will be used in future

Williams, Thomas, 19 Dec 1893, aged 16, Putter, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was unloading a tub of props on a level in the Wall and Bench Seam when a portion of metal from the side gave way to a slip crushing the deceased

Williams, Thomas Edward, 25 Oct 1941, aged 55, Miner

Williams, Walter, 10 Jul 1951, aged 47, Coal Cutter Attendant

Williams, William N., 20 Jun 1865, aged 30, Sinker, A piece of stone falling upon him as he was working at the bottom of a sinking pit

Wright, Edwin, 28 Jun 1871, aged 24, Brick maker, Falling into machinery in a brickyard

Wynne, Samuel, 21 Jul 1870, aged 11, Drawer, Fall of roof

Wynne, William, 11 Dec 1873, aged 25, Collier, Explosion of gas. Datalers sent to remove some gas out of wicket by setting a door. Williams unscrewed his lamp [More information ...]