Llay Main Colliery

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Atkins, Frederick, 01 Apr 1916, aged 37, Killed by collapse of steel roof

Cartwright, Henry, 14 Nov 1940, aged 59, Surface Worker

Challinor, Thomas, 07 Jul 1953, aged 49, Ripper

Clutton, Benjamin, 25 Jan 1928, aged 19, Haulage hand, Crushed between tubs and box — fracture to base of skull

Davies, George William, 22 Feb 1932, aged 44, Heading Man

Davies, Joseph, 31 May 1928, aged 61, Ripper, Killed by runaway tubs

Davies, William Arthur, 10 Mar 1931, (accident: 1927), aged 42, Miner

Edwards, Ogwen, 06 Mar 1950, aged 40, Miner

Edwards, Samuel, 03 Oct 1929, aged 32, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Ellis, William, 25 Feb 1946, aged 32, Collier

Evans, Francis, 27 Apr 1931, aged 54

Evans, Isaac, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 19, Haulage Boy, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Evans, Joseph Reginald, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 53, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Evans, Moses, 17 Jul 1927, (accident: 11 Jul 1927), aged 18, Taker off, Fractured pelvis at shaft bottom. Died 17th July

Evans, Robert Percival, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Finney, Henry, 01 Nov 1926, aged 44, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Fletcher, Thomas Charles, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 45, Road Repairer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Flynn, Birkacre, 30 Jul 1929, (accident: 16 Jul 1929), aged 21, Surface foreman, Injured chest while carrying props. Died 30th July

Futter, Albert Edward, 13 Jun 1952, aged 40, Steel Erector

Gaston, Ernest, 14 Mar 1930, aged 37, Repairer

German, Edward Henry, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 15, Haulage Engine Attendant, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Griffiths, Robert P., 13 Aug 1929, (accident: 05 Jul 1929), aged 56, Repairer, Fall of coal — fractured leg and scalp wound. Died 13th Aug

Hanneby, James Robert, 06 Dec 1929, aged 41, Repairer, Killed by fractured skull while riding in a tub

Harrison, George, 23 May 1924, 5.15 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 35, Collier, He was killed by a fall of roof while packing debris from a fall which had occurred about two weeks previously. The fall came away from a slip in the ripping which was further back from the face than usual, owing to the previously mentioned fall. Four props were displaced by the fall and the stone which caught deceased measured 6 ft. by 4 ft. by 3 ft. thick. The place was thought to be securely timbered with props 3 to 4 ft. apart, and the fireman was present when the fall occurred

Harrison, R. George, 14 Dec 1926, aged 20, Haulage hand, Killed by a fall of roof

Hollins, John, 11 Nov 1955, aged 50, Collier

Hughes, Arfon Owen, 22 Jul 1959, aged 48, Shotfirer

Hughes, Emyr, 11 Jul 1949, aged 42, Fitter

Hughes, George, 12 Jul 1951, aged 38, Fitter

Hughes, John William, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 22, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Humphries, John, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 53, Road Repairer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, E. A., 30 Jul 1926, (accident: 23 Mar 1926), aged 54, Collier, Died from septic poisoning 30th July

Jones, Edward, 07 Dec 1926, aged 55, Byeman, A grider fell on him while packing

Jones, Emlyn, 21 Jan 1953, aged 48, Ripper

Jones, Frank, 13 Nov 1929, aged 23, Washery loader, Run over by waggons

Jones, George, 06 Mar 1926, aged 28, Collier, Spine fractured by fall of coal

Jones, George, 02 Jan 1931, aged 59, Miner

Jones, Henry, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 36, Haulage Hand, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Jones, Hugh Owen, 16 Mar 1933, aged 68, Roadman

Jones, Isaac, 26 Aug 1930, aged 30, Collier

Jones, James Stanley, 05 Dec 1951, aged 58, Colliery Winder

Jones, Oliver, 11 Feb 1932, aged 37, Miner

Jones, William, 26 Nov 1928, aged 54, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Jones, William, 19 Nov 1932, aged 32, Miner

Kelly, David Morgan, 14 Jan 1932, aged 50, Rail Man

Lewis, Robert, 22 Jun 1880, aged 22, Collier, A piece of overhanging coal fell on to him when he was loading his tub. He had not considered it necessary to set a prop

Maggs, Samuel, 27 Dec 1938, (accident: Nov 1937), aged 30, Collier

Mathias, John Edward, 20 Nov 1932, aged 33, Cutterman

Miles, Joseph, 10 Sep 1929, aged 42, Collier, Fall roof while setting props — fractured skull

Morgan, Samuel Edward, 24 Jul 1929, aged 17, Haulage hand, Jammed under set of coal — fractured skull

Morris, Pryce, 04 Aug 1927, aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof at face — fractured arm

Morris, Samuel, 07 Feb 1930, aged 55, Collier

Murphy, John Alfred, 04 May 1929, (accident: 25 Apr 1929), aged 23, Haulage hand, Alledged small wound on finger turned septic. Died 4th May

Parry, Edward, 17 Nov 1942, aged 51, Repairer

Powis, Arthur L., 27 Jan 1926, aged 36, Collier, Fractured spine by fall of coal

Prydden, William, 20 Feb 1925, aged 60, Collier, While removing a prop the ripping fell

Richardson, Thomas, 28 Sep 1926, aged 55, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal

Roberts, Francis Carrington, 10 May 1930, aged 37

Roberts, Isaac, 31 May 1929, aged 39, Collier, Potts fracture and dislocation of ankle by fall of top coal

Roberts, John T., 19 Sep 1928, aged 23, Screenhand, Crushed between waggons

Smith, Oswald, 02 Aug 1933, aged 34, Collier

Trantrum, Joseph Herbert, 25 Feb 1932, aged 56

Williams, Edwin, 27 Nov 1939, aged 44, Repairer

Williams, Thomas, 24 Oct 1929, aged 54, Oiler, Drawn into pulley while oiling

Williams, William Ernest, 05 Dec 1924, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 41, Deputy, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Wynn, John Lewis, 02 Nov 1935, (accident: 14 Oct 1935), aged 38, Repairer, Coal fell from between two slips and fractured leg. Died 2nd Nov