Llay Hall Colliery

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Allen, George, 03 Dec 1880, aged 24, Breaksman, The deceased were descending the shaft to their work in the morning when the cage caught against the underground haulage rope and by some means slipped out of the wooden pipe through which it was conneceted down the pit and the men were thrown out [More information ...]

Ankers, Peter, 03 Dec 1880, aged 30, Bratticeman, The deceased were descending the shaft to their work in the morning when the cage caught against the underground haulage rope and by some means slipped out of the wooden pipe through which it was conneceted down the pit and the men were thrown out [More information ...]

Bailey, Joseph, 17 Jun 1884, aged 41, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was getting coal from under some tops which were not propped. It appeared that the timber had been blown out by a shot, and deceased had gone on working without resetting it. This accident was due to gross carelessness

Ball, John Donald, 16 Apr 1941, aged 15, Surface Worker at Colliery Screens

Bennett, John, 19 Jun 1896, aged 38, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was about completing working a pillar of coal when the roof gave way capping seven props and burying the deceased. It was stated he had been instructed by the fireman and had not detected any danger in that roadway in his inspection that morning

Blagney, Joseph, 14 May 1891, 9.0 a.m., aged 42, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased allowed a large stone to overhang his working face without support and it fell upon him

Bostock, Joseph, 04 Dec 1891, aged 23, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was in charge or the working place and sat watching his brother coming at the back of a large piece of coal which was already holed. When the coal fell the roof came with it capping two props and burying the deceased

Burt, George, 21 Jul 1885, aged 20, Byeman

Coates, John E., 20 Sep 1906, aged 20, Hooker-on, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was about putting a loaded tub in the bottom deck of cage when he was struck by a piece of coal which had come down the shaft. It appeared to have rebounded off the shelter boards and struck him on the head. He expired shortly after reaching the surface

Davies, Robert, 14 Apr 1888, aged 28, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were getting top coal down after working out a pillar and knocked the props out expecting it to fall. As it did not come they started wedging it down without first resetting the props when the whole of it suddenly came away bringing a large quantity of the over lying clod with it and burying the two men. Accident entirely due to carelessness [More information ...]

Davis, Peter, 15 Jul 1889, aged 19, Pony driver, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking a loaded tub down an incline, and, it is supposed, tried to put in the scotch, but failed to do so, and in attempting to prevent the tub overrunning, the pony was knocked down and killed. The road was in good order

Dodd, Thomas, 03 Dec 1880, aged 47, Collier, The deceased were descending the shaft to their work in the morning when the cage caught against the underground haulage rope and by some means slipped out of the wooden pipe through which it was conneceted down the pit and the men were thrown out [More information ...]

Drury, George, 01 Mar 1912, (accident: 26 Feb 1912), aged 28, Contractor, He was holing, when a fall of roof where the props were set less than 3 feet from the face occurred, and inflicted injuries from which he died on 1st March

Edwards, George, 16 Jul 1886, aged 21, Hooker on, He was engaged at the bottom of a self acting incline about 16 yards long. He called out to the man at the top to go on when having omitted to hook on the empty tub at the bottom the full tub came down and caught him

Edwards, Lewis, 21 Jun 1909, aged 27, Collier, He was engaged getting coal at the face when a piece of top coal fell upon him from a slip, capping a sprag

Fisher, Benjamin, 28 Mar 1879, aged 31, Collier, He was loading a tub and managed to knock out a prop with a lump of coal which he was turning over in consequence of which the top coals fell on him

Griffiths, John, 06 May 1879, aged 21, Filler, A heavy fall of roof in drawing road carrying timber with it. Caused by slips

Griffiths, Robert, 25 Nov 1898, aged 18, Waggoner, Inspection made and inquest attended. A large stone fell from between two slips near the face of a drawing road upon the deceased when he was waiting for the next full tub to take out. The road was propped on each side but not barred

Hough, Robert, 02 May 1911, aged 25, Filler, Fall of roof. When taking down top coal a portion of roof fell upon him from unseen slips and displaced a prop by which the roof was supported

Jenkins, Llewellyn, 14 Jul 1909, aged 18, Pony-driver, The haulage gang when starting upbrow from the shunt broke loose, and the trailer behind upset some of the tubs running back, which fatally injured deceased

Jones, Owen, 27 Jan 1911, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof. When Jones was engaged at the coal face, a fall of roof occurred. The place had not been secured in accordance with the propping rules

Jones, Robert, 30 Dec 1896, aged 41, Clay getter, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased it appears attempted to cut out a missed shot of ammonia contrary to rules. The fireman stated that he had ordered him to leave the working place and go to the surface and went part of the way up the drift with him but some time heard the shot exploded and on examining the place he found deceased had been killed by the shot with his pick lying by his side. The jury found the fireman guilty of negligence in not properly fencing off after the missed shot

Jones, Thomas, 14 Apr 1888, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were getting top coal down after working out a pillar and knocked the props out expecting it to fall. As it did not come they started wedging it down without first resetting the props when the whole of it suddenly came away bringing a large quantity of the over lying clod with it and burying the two men. Accident entirely due to carelessness [More information ...]

Jones, Thomas, 01 Jan 1945, aged 40, Collier

Jones, William, 03 Dec 1880, aged 30, Collier, The deceased were descending the shaft to their work in the morning when the cage caught against the underground haulage rope and by some means slipped out of the wooden pipe through which it was conneceted down the pit and the men were thrown out [More information ...]

Kendick, Samuel, 12 Apr 1926, (accident: 25 Mar 1926), aged 59, Fireman, Bruised by slipping between waggons. Died 12th

Langford, John, 15 Nov 1897, aged 67, Byeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased and two other men were taking a full tub of dirt towards the face of a roadway, the deceased went in front to clear any dirt off the rails and told the other men to bring the tub along, but as they proceeded they found the tub had crushed the deceased against a low bar. He succumbed to the injuries received in a few minutes after the accident

Matthias, Edward, 16 Nov 1926, aged 49, Collier, Internal organs injured by fall of stone

Piercy, Edward, 01 Jun 1891, aged 25, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was holing a place through into an old crushed level and did not support the roof and coal which he was working under. He was visited by the fireman half an hour before the roof fell upon him. The fireman should have taken steps

Price, John, 01 Feb 1883, aged 23, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was pulling down some coal that had been left up after a shot had been fired, when a heavy fall of roof from between 2 "slips" took place, knocking out several props

Pritchard, David, 23 Mar 1895, aged 54, Ashman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was guiding the haulage rope with his hand (instead of using an iron hook) in order to get the rope to roll properly on the drum when he got entangled between the rope and the drum causing him to be drawn over the drum and instantly killed

Pritchard, James, 07 Nov 1908, aged 36, Collier, When getting coal down at the face, he appeared to have liberated a slip in the roof, running parallel with the face, causing a stone to fall upon him

Rigby, Wiliam, 12 Aug 1896, aged 61, Shotlighter, Inspection made and inquest attended. While his partner was engaged pulling down a piece of coal off the face a fall of roof occurred between two slips capping three or four props and killing the deceased. He was walking up the main haulage brow after being around the district when a piece of clunch and coal rolled off the side from a break upon the deceased. The fireman had not detected any danger in that roadway in his inspection that morning

Roberts, John, 08 Jun 1889, aged 19, Pony driver, Inspection made. Deceased was evidently driving too quickly, and the front tub in which he was siding jumped off the rails, and knocking out a prop, brought down a bar which fell on deceased. The prop was 1 ft. 9 ins. from the rails

Schofield, Harry, 23 Feb 1931, aged 49, Miner

Smith, Edward, 08 Mar 1906, (accident: 06 Mar 1906), aged 36, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was wedging a piece of coal off the face when some clod and roof fell from a slip running with the face, between the last row of props and the face. He succumbed to the injuries on the 8th instant

Thomas, Charles, 28 Nov 1892, (accident: 21 Nov 1892, 1.15 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 33, Banksman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was crushed by a full tub from the upper deck falling against him on the plates top of pit ; the deceased is supposed to have turned the catches before the cage was lowered on the keps. Died November 28th, 1892

Tudor, Samuel, 19 Nov 1909, aged 17, Screen-hand, When the loco. was shunting some empty waggons passing the screen, deceased, it was supposed, attempted to jump into one of the waggons, and fell between two of the waggons and got run over and was killed

Turner, Arthur, 01 Nov 1942, aged 24, Ripper

Wheatley, Thomas, 25 Feb 1908, aged 27, Filler, He was making a hole in the floor, in order to set a prop near the face, when a stone fell upon him from a pothole in the roof

Wilkes, William, 18 Aug 1892, 10 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 42, Timberman, Inspection made and inquest attended. While cutting the place to set a bar in a wide roadway, a large piece of coal and clunch came free from a slip, knocking out the bar deceased had previously set, and crushed him against a tub

Williams, Alfred, 08 May 1881, aged 29, Furnaceman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Williams, Ishmael, 30 Dec 1895, aged 42, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was barring a piece of coal off the face when it came away against a prop knocking it out

Williams, John O., 17 Jun 1904, aged 24, Filler, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. A stone fell upon the deceased from a slip in the roof, capping a prop at the entrance to the gateroad. This road was propped on each side and not barred

Williams, T. Morgan, 07 Jul 1915, aged 28, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Williams, Thomas, 08 May 1881, aged 38, Pumping engineman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Wineyard, Wilfred, 23 Feb 1948, aged 44, Surface Worker

Wynn, Maurice, 18 Jul 1899, aged 66, Byeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged ripping the road for more height in the Brassey Seam Shunt and preparing place for another bar, when an adjoining piece of roof fell upon the deceased from a break crossing the roadway

Wynne, Thomas Alfred, 01 Nov 1919, aged 22, Byeman, Broken ribs and crushed abdomen by fall of stone

Wynyard, Charles, 10 Jul 1905, aged 42, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was holing the coal at the face, when the coal gave way from a slip, capping the sprag, and fatally injuring deceased

Young, John, 07 Apr 1886, aged 47, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. A waggon was standing on the crossing which it was necessary to move and instead of pushing it forward with the engine direct the deceased got a short prop and placed it between the engine and buffer of the waggon. On the engine being started the props slipped and deceased was crushed between the buffers. It was a foolish thing to do and no explanation could be given by the other men as to the reason by the work was not done in the ordinary way