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Baker, John, 07 Oct 1892, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof (about 9ft. x 6ft.) said to have had five props below it

Bowen, Joseph, 12 May 1910, aged 39, Sinker, Fall from side of sinking pit. The stone fell from about a yard under the last walling curb which was 10 yards from bottom of shaft. The ground under the curb was not strong and should have been supported. Another man was injured by the fall

Comely, Charles, 07 Dec 1897, aged 42, Labourer, Run over by a tram of rubbish as he was crossing a tramway on his way to the lamp room

Conyston, Francis, 28 Jul 1892, aged 30, Labourer, While attempting to slide down a guide rope he lost his hold and fell to bottom of shaft

Cooper, Samuel, 22 May 1903, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; the stall had fallen in three weeks before ; fall had been cleared and double-timbers stood on road right up to face ; on second day after coal-work was resumed, while cutting in narrow in front of road, another fall occurred, knocking out the inside pair of timbers and laggings, and burying the two colliers. Six feet seam [More information ...]

Davies, Morgan, 10 Feb 1914, (accident: 09 Oct 1913), aged 59, Labourer, he was injured by a large stone which had fallen from the edge of the coal and injured his back, he died on 10th February 1914, with his death being listed as cardiac failure due to chronic bronchitis, exacerbated by the effects of the injury he received, Buried: Gelliron Cemetery, Pontycymer

Davies, Thomas, 31 Aug 1904, 11.30 a.m., aged 48, Ostler, While deceased and two other men were riding up an incline contrary to regulations, a hitching-plate broke, the trams ran back, and deceased was fatally injured

Donelly, John, 28 Jul 1890, aged 21, Labourer, Fall of roof clift, 12ft. long from 3½ft. wide at one end to a point at other where he was building a gob wall between two cogs 7½ft. apart. Stone fell from between two slips meeting at top. 6ft. seam. Longwall

Edwards, Phillip, 09 Sep 1891, aged 35, Labourer, Crushed by cage descending upon him while attempting to cross the shaft bottom

Edwards, William, 28 Dec 1898, aged 26, Rider, Fall of side while filling loose coal off main road he attacked the pillar on side where the clift above it (4ft. x. 15in x 15in) fell upon him. Six feet seam

Evans, David, 25 Feb 1898, aged 52, Repairer, Fall of roof at face clift 5ft x 4 ft, x 21 ins. thick from between two parallel smooth slips and between nearest props 4½ft. back and face. Victoria seam

Evans, Edgar, 17 Jul 1904, 11 a.m., aged 18, Rider, While riding, a shackle broke, and deceased was thrown off by the end trams springing back

Evans, Edwin James, 27 May 1913, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof on main roadway. When walking out at the end of his shift, a portion of the roof fell and fractured his spine

Evans, Evan, 03 Jul 1891, aged 19, Haulier, Found dead under tram of rubbish which he was bringing out with a horse. Road in good order 10ft. wide, 9½ft. high dipping slightly. No fall had occurred, and the presumption is that he was riding on shafts and had fallen off

Evans, John, 16 Aug 1894, aged 46, Traffic inspector, Killed by runaway waggons knocking down the weighzhouse at the bottom of incline in which he happened to be at the time

Evans, John, 30 Sep 1925, aged 33, Haulier, Foot caught between rail and pointer — called horse to stop but trams went over and killed him

George, David J., 20 Dec 1924, 4.15 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 19, Hitcher's Helper, Was found underneath the cage, crushed to death. Contrary to Section 53 (2), the hitcher had been detailed to go inbye to the double parting, leaving deceased in charge of the pit bottom, but without authority to use the signals. Deceased, as a fact, however, signalled some trams to the surface. It is assumed that he attempted to cross the pit bottom, and was caught by the cage. The pit bottom was well lighted

Gould, William, 11 Jan 1907, aged 59, Collier, Fall of side. At road end ; while clearing a small fall of stone which had dropped from the side during the night, he was caught by a further fall which discharged six props set under the roof and against the side. The roof is usually good and strong ; but the slants visible after the accident, and a disturbance called a "roll" had considerably weakened the strata. The fall measured 12 ft. in length and 3 ft. 6 ins. in thickness. Caedavid seam. Naked lights

Green, William, 11 Apr 1901, aged 51, Hitcher, Struck on head by a brick falling from the two-feet-nine seam landing

Harris, Evan, 10 Oct 1904, (accident: 09 Sep 1904, 8.30 p.m.), aged 20, Haulier, Fatally injured by tram while coming round a bend. Died 10th October

Hill, George, 15 May 1913, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. He was crushed by a fall of roof at the face as he was stamping a hole in the floor for setting a post

Hughes, John, 06 Jun 1907, aged 45, Hard ground man, Fall of roof. On road of Hard heading. While giving instructions where to set one of the arms of a pair of timbers, a piece of overhanging side fell, killing him and breaking one leg of another man. Shale strata. Safety lamps

James, John, 22 Feb 1904, (accident: 12 Feb 1904, 12.30 p.m.), aged 15, Engine-driver, While trying to make the rope coil properly on the drum of a small hauling engine his hand was caught in a coil. Tetanus supervened and he died on 22nd February

James, Richard, 02 Nov 1909, aged 38, Haulier, Fall of side. On road ; while walking outbye in front of the horse, a stone fell out from the side, and killed him instantaneously. Good roof not timbered. Caedefaid Seam. Naked lights

James, William Hopkin, 23 Jan 1903, (accident: 05 Jan 1903), aged 20, Collier, Died, 23rd January, from lockjaw, the result of an injury to his foot, which caught the haulage rope and rail while passing out

Jones, David, 18 May 1889, aged 18, Collier, Crushed between side of engine plane and loaded trains which had left the rails within 40yds. of shaft double-parting. He had been in a manhole and crossed the road in front of the journey

Jones, David, 27 Jun 1895, aged 48, Haulier, Run over by empty journey while oiling sheaves and rollers. He was acting as roadman for that day

Jones, David, 29 Oct 1906, aged 62, Labourer, Fall of roof. At face ; a part of the "rippings" measuring 1 ft. by 1½ ft. by 1 ft. 9 in. in thickness, fell suddenly in consequence of a hidden "slant" in the roof. The nearest prop was 7 ft. away. Six feet seam

Jones, David W., 22 May 1903, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; the stall had fallen in three weeks before ; fall had been cleared and double-timbers stood on road right up to face ; on second day after coal-work was resumed, while cutting in narrow in front of road, another fall occurred, knocking out the inside pair of timbers and laggings, and burying the two colliers. Six feet seam [More information ...]

Jones, William David, 06 Jul 1914, aged 39, Collier, He appears to have been run over by an empty tram as he was taking it into his stall road. He was driving a pony at the time, and it is thought the pony ran away. He was found across the rails with his back broken

Lambert, George, 24 Apr 1909, (accident: 06 Apr 1909), aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof. On road ; while acting as a haulier for the day, a small stone fell from the roof upon his hand, while it was resting on the shaft forming part of the harness of a horse, and crushed it badly. Although the wound progressed favourably towards healing, tetanus set in on the 16th which caused his death on the 24th April. Six Feet Seam. Safety lamps

Lane, Edwin, 27 Nov 1913, (accident: 25 Nov 1913), aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A piece of coal and clod fell upon him, caused severe injuries. He died on November 27th, 1913

Lewis, Eleazer, 07 May 1894, aged 58, Pitman, Crushed by cage descending on him while doing some repairs at the landing of Twozfeetznine seam

Lewis, John, 19 Mar 1892, aged 26, Haulier, Fall of roof at road end, which was not timbered

Lewis, William, 21 Dec 1897, (accident: 08 Jan 1897), aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof at face. Died 21st Dec. from injuries by the fall of small stone while clearing some fallen stones on entering his place

Llewelyn, Robert, 09 Jun 1892, 10.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 37, Repairer, Fall of roof on road while fixing framing

Mackenzie, Donald, 05 Jan 1904, 1 p.m., aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while cutting coal, a wedge-shaped piece of roof, about 7½ ft. long and 2½ ft. broad, fell close to the face upon him, killing him upon the spot. It was his first day as a collier, with a stall given to himself and his mate, to work themselves. Victoria seam

Martin, Robert, 25 Sep 1899, (accident: 13 Sep 1899), aged 19, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face, strong cliff, 10 ft. x 35 ins. x 18 ins. thick, not propped, while turning stall off a heading. The fireman told deceased an hour previous to set a row of props and a "cog." Died 25th September. Two feet nine seam

Moore, Frederick, 16 Feb 1898, aged 42, Collier, Crushed between a prop and empty tram which had been tumbled on its side but not far enough back from the rail so that it was struck by the full tram in passing

Morgan, John McEwan, 26 Jul 1895, aged 21, Rider, In attempting to get on to the rope to front of a loaded journey in motion he slipped and fell the first team going over his leg and he was dragged 14 yards before the journey was stopped

Morgan, William, 22 Aug 1912, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. In turning a stall from heading, in the coal, a piece of clod fell off from over the coal, causing fatal injuries

Nicholas, George, 10 Nov 1901, (accident: 01 Nov 1901), aged 21, Carpenter, In stepping over some old planks he put his foot on an old rusty nail, the point of which pricked his foot. Died of lockjaw 10th November

Owen, John, 12 Feb 1892, aged 43, Ostler, Fell out of cage, a collier having signalled away from an upper landing too soon

Phillips, W. J. A., 12 Sep 1889, aged 39, Repairer, Fall of roof (cliff), 3ft. x 2ft. x 1ft. while widening and heightening main road for a double-parting

Phillips, Walter, 18 May 1900, 3.30 p.m., aged 53, Collier, Fall of side. At face, while "holing" coal, 13 ft x 4 ft x 1 ft thick, fell and discharged three sprags. Six feet seam

Rees, Griffith, 07 Jun 1912, aged 25, Haulier, Crushed by trams passing over him on a main and tail haulage road

Reynolds, David, 06 May 1890, (accident: 25 Mar 1890), aged 49, Collier, Fall of a piece of clift from front of rippings which he had been told to take down. Two-foot-nine seam. Longwall. Died 6th May

Roberts, Thomas, 11 Jul 1907, (accident: 15 Feb 1907), aged 38, Collier, He hurt his knee at the colliery, and inflammation set in necessitating an operation in about a fortnight from the day of the accident. The knee was again opened on two occasions, but the case continued to give much trouble to the doctors. Ultimately the leg was amputated above the knee joint. He grew worse and finally died from Hypostatic congestion of the lungs which the doctor in evidence at the inquest stated to be due to low condition of health brought about by the accident. Died 11th July

Sellar, Joseph, 16 Aug 1895, aged 38, Collier, Run over by full journey as he was walking out towards the shaft at close of shift

Singleton, Charles, 13 Nov 1900, 4 p.m., aged 13, Collier boy, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 7½ ft. x 4½ ft. x 27 ins. thick, from a "slant" running diagonally across the road. One prop crushed out. A heavy "pounce" was heard immediately before the fall. Six feet seam

Smith, William, 06 Jul 1909, aged 40, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road ; a loaded coal tram which was being hauled out by a horse, got derailed and struck against a prop on the road side, and knocked it out. A fall from the roof resulted, which killed him instantaneously. Caedavid Seam. Naked lights

Stephens, William, 13 Aug 1908, aged 29, Hard Ground Man, While walking up a hard heading, having a gradient of 1 in 6, an empty tram, which was being lowered by a hauling engine, left the rails and ran into the side of the heading and crushed him. There did not seem to be anything to account for the tram leaving the rails except that a few yards above the scene of the accident there was a safety point, if this was open it would derail the tram

Thomas, Edwin, 24 Aug 1895, aged 24, Night haulier, A bridge 5 yards long supported by five pairs of timbers collapsed as he was passing with horse and empty tram. Six feet seam

Thomas, John, 02 Mar 1887, aged 23, Rider, Run over by trucks on surface. He was drawing a signal wire when the wire broke and he fell back in front of the moving waggons

Wilkins, John, 10 Aug 1887, aged 60, Collier, While eating his dinner on the roadside between two cogs 5 feet apart and about 15 feet back from face, a large stone fell from roof and he was caught by the edge of it

Williams, John, 05 Oct 1900, 3.45 p.m., aged 37, Ripper, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 18 ft. x 9 ft. x 15 ins. thick. He pulled it down with a bar, and failed to get out of the way. Died on May 5th. Victoria seam

Williams, Josiah, 22 Jan 1903, aged 42, Collier, Fall of side. On road, 12 yds. from face, as he was passing. Stone 10 ft. long, from 2 ft. 3 ins. to nothing thick, fell from a smooth slip, which was unseen. New two-feet-nine seam

Williams, Lewis, 08 Apr 1894, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff 6ft. x 3ft x 1 ins. thick) on road. It had rested partly on the ends of the lags of a pair of timbers. The heading outside of the pair was not double timbered. Two feet nine seam

Williams, Richard, 22 Aug 1905, aged 60, Repairer, Fall of roof. At face ; while clearing rubbish from the waste between two stalls, to improve the ventilation, a fall occurred, burying deceased. It revealed a "kind slip" ; three props said to have been displaced. "Two feet nine" seam

Williams, Thomas, 24 Jul 1895, aged 18, Haulier, Fall from 2ft.9in landing to 6ft. seam. He had just got out of cage when he fell backwards into the pit between a byat and the side where there was a space 15ins. wide to allow air to pass down to 6ft seam

Wintle, Charles, 27 Jul 1927, (accident: 26 Jul 1927), aged 26, Collier, Stone fell from roof. Died 27th