Llwynypia Colliery

Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Abbott, Edward, 01 Jun 1910, aged 42, Yard Foreman, Electrocuted in colliery yard through leakage of current down a guy wire from overhead wire carrying current at 440 volts

Adams, Archibald E., 09 Nov 1903, 9.40 p.m., aged 18, Collier boy, Deceased and another lad went into an abandoned stall, and, with their candles, ignited some gas, which burned them both, deceased so badly that he died in three days. Deceased had worked in the stall before it was abandoned, and it was thought that he took the other lad up to show him the thickness of the seam. The fireman said that he examined the place a little over three hours before the accident, and found it clear of gas. Naked lights were used. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Alsop, J., 25 Jan 1932 [More information ...]

Amor, Jaspar, 29 Jun 1882, aged 30, Mason, Fall of stone

Amos, William, 17 May 1872, aged 23, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Arthur, Llewellyn, 20 Jan 1909, (accident: 15 Jan 1909), aged 62, Repairer, Run over by a runaway horse. He sustained a fractured skull and died in 5 days

Avery, Samuel, 05 Mar 1900, (accident: 02 Mar 1900, Noon), aged 49, Repairer, Fall of side. On road, main return, fireclay, 3 ft. x 2½ ft. x 15 ins., while enlarging it. Died in three days. Four feet seam

Ball, Thomas, 12 Jul 1904, (accident: 16 Feb 1904, 4 a.m.), aged 22, Labourer, A rider took a tram of rubbish up a dip, and when going over seme pointers it got off the rails. The rope had been attached to the side of the tram, and there was a "barhook" behind the tram. The "barhook" was removed to allow the tram to be lowered past the pointers. in the hope that it would get on to the rails, but it did not. The rider then, depending on the front wheeld being off the rails to keep the tram from running tack, uncoupled the rope from the side to hitch it on to the draw-bar. Directly he detached the rope the tram ran back and crushed deceased against the side. The rider should not have detached the rope. Died July 12

Balsom, William, 16 Apr 1885, aged 18, Haulier, Fall of roof

Banbury, H., 13 Nov 1878, aged 18, Greaser, Killed by waggons on colliery siding

Banner, Frederick, 21 Sep 1914, (accident: 22 Apr 1914), aged 18, Assistant Collier, Fall of roof near the face as he was filling a tram. The stone crushed his head against the edge of the tram. He died 21st September, 1914, Buried: Glyn Taff Cemetery, Trelaw

Beable, Arthur, 28 Apr 1904, 4.30 p.m., aged 27, Collier, Deceased was walking out to the shaft at the end of his shift, when he was overtaken by a full journey, knocked down and run over. The road was 8½ feet wide and 7½ feet high, and was provided with manholes every 11 yards, which he should have made use of

Beaton, Edward, 29 Aug 1891, aged 57, Waggonshifter, Found dead between two lines on surface sidings. He had received injuries but there was no evidence to show how the accident had happened

Bebb, George, 28 Nov 1907, 10 p.m., aged 21, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, fireclay and clod, 16 ft. by 9 ft. by 56 ins. thick. Deceased was assisting a repairer to rip a heading, and was sent by the latter to take shelter in the mouth of a stall road while he completed the barring down of a large stone. Before deceased could reach shelter, the large stone, together with a larger one, fell and buried him. The account given by the repairer of this accident was not altogether convincing. There was no need to go under the shaken roof to seek shelter ; he only had to step back a yard to be out of danger. Five-feet seam

Birch, Thomas, 21 Feb 1885, aged 19, Shackler, Fell under tram

Bird, James, 16 Jul 1873, Collier, Killed in shaft

Bonfield, Alfred, 18 May 1900, 11.30 a.m., aged 30, Assistant hitcher, When pushing a full tram into cage, it was raised without a signal, the full tram being only partly in, caught at the top of the mouthing, and deceased fell out

Bowen, Morgan, 25 Jan 1932, Coal cutting machineman [More information ...]

Brake, George, 12 Apr 1896, aged 51, Labourer, Fell from a mid-landing (which was not in ordinary use) while getting out of cage, space 16 inches

Brideman, Henry, 06 Aug 1897, aged 16, Collier boy, Struck by journey of empty trams while travelling out to shaft

Carey, Robert, 30 Dec 1891, aged 32, Labourer, Crushed by journey of trams running wild on engine drift owing to the breakage of a hitching plate. Deceased had warning of the journey but ran straight down the drift instead of getting into a manhole

Carter, Thomas, 10 Mar 1892, 2.15 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 30, Timberman, Fall of roof in "return" while drawing out timbers

Carthey, D., 27 Jan 1872, aged 19, Haulier, Killed by fall of roof

Cheney, Richard, 25 Jan 1932, Fireman [More information ...]

Chivers, George, 25 Jul 1880, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof

Chynowith, James, 25 Jul 1880, aged 34, Sinker, Crushed between cage and wood work near top of shaft

Coleman, Thomas, 09 Mar 1899, aged 17, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face, top coal, 5 ft. x 5½ ft. x 15 ins thick, while a "flat" was being stood under it. Four feet seam

Collins, Patsey, 08 Oct 1888, aged 26, Rider, Fall of roof on engine plane while riding on empty journey. The road was 7½ft. high, 11½ft. wide at bottom, and 7½ft. at top and double timbered. 6ft. seam. Long wall [More information ...]

Corum, George, 01 Jan 1895, aged 26, Collier, Fall of clod 5ft 9ins. long 8 ft wide 1ft. 3ins. thick which was overhanging the coal 3ft and said to have had two props under it. New Seam

Cousens, Sydney, 08 Oct 1914, aged 18, Collier's Helper, Fall of a coal slip at face which discharged a sprag supporting it. The coal, in falling, pinned his head against an arm of timber, causing fatal injuries

Cox, Enoch, 28 Nov 1892, 2 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 60, Cleaning roads, Run over by loaded trams which had run wild owing to hitching plate breaking

Cryer, Charles, 25 Jan 1932, Collier [More information ...]

Dando, G. H., 13 Dec 1899, (accident: 11 Dec 1899), aged 30, Shunter, While poling a wagon clear of a crossing on a curve he let the pole drop before it got fast to the engine, and was crushed between the wagon and engine. Died 13th December

Dando, Stanley, 25 Jan 1932 [More information ...]

Dare, Walter, 21 Mar 1890, aged 35, Hitcher, Crushed by cage descending upon him while clearing rubbish from the sump during the night shift. The engineman maintained that he had received a signal to lower the cage others at top and assistant hitcher said no signal had been heard or given

Davies, David, 19 Dec 1871, aged 22, Collier, Killed by fall of stone [More information ...]

Davies, Eli, 21 Jun 1895, aged 19, Collier, While drawing down a slip of coal he was knocked by it against a prop. Probably he was in front of the slip relieving it with his pick which was found by his side near the middle of the fall. Four feet seam

Davies, Enoch, 22 Jan 1903, 6.50 a.m., aged 20, Haulier, Deceased and 28 other persons were being lowered down the shaft, and, when about 88 yards from the bottom, the cage struck a cast-iron water-garland curb, which caused it to tilt up, and deceased fell out. On inspection being made the shaft and appliances were found to be in good order, and it is difficult to say what caused the cage to oscillate sufficiently to strike the curb, as there was a clearance of 19 ins. [More information ...]

Davies, John, 08 Oct 1888, aged 38, Timberman, Fall of roof on engine plane while riding on empty journey. The road was 7½ft. high, 11½ft. wide at bottom, and 7½ft. at top and double timbered. 6ft. seam. Long wall [More information ...]

Davies, John, 01 Oct 1892, 12.30 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 56, Timberman, Crushed between trams on double parting where he was taking his dinner

Davies, John, 27 Nov 1900, 4.30 a.m., aged 23, Mason, A tram ran wild down a drift dipping 6 ins. per yard towards pit, and went over him before he could get out of the way

Davies, William, 09 Nov 1882, aged 21, Labourer, Fall of roof

Davies, Zeph., 08 Jul 1881, aged 14, Collier's boy, Fall of roof

Douse, Frank, 04 Jan 1906, 8.15 p.m., aged 35, Labourer, Deceased and a repairer were collecting trams in which to send timber down the pits. Deceased saw one, partly full of coal, at the screen where the coal for the colliers is tipped. He stood on the screen bars, pulled out the coal, and it is thought that he was pushing the tram out of the tipping plate, when, by so doing, he must have raised the front end up. However it was done, the tram got up over the ends of the upward curved rails and ran down the screen, taking deceased with it. He was found lying on the ground with one end of the tram on his hip. He died in a short time

Edwards, David, 29 Dec 1886, aged 77, Lamp examiner, Caught by a journey of empty trams as he was walking up an engine plane which was roomy and provided with man-holes

Edwards, John, 30 Sep 1890, aged 33, Hitcher, Struck by a piece of coal which fell down the shaft while he was drawing empty tram from cage

Edwards, John, 09 Sep 1891, (accident: 29 Aug 1891), aged 35, Sinker, While engaged in putting timbering in the shaft he slipped and fell 12ft. Died 9th September

Edwards, William, 20 Jun 1881, aged 26, Haulier, Fall of roof

Emerson, Charles, 19 Oct 1872, aged 15, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Emmett, John, 01 May 1881, aged 26, Repairer, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Evans, David, 26 Jan 1876, aged 15, Labourer, Killed by falling down shaft

Evans, David John, 03 Mar 1909, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 8 feet by 3 feet by 15 inches thick, fell on deceased as he and his partner were preparing to set props under it. They had previously failed to get it down. Five feet seam

Evans, Evan, 15 Mar 1908, (accident: 06 Dec 1907), aged 27, Assistant repairer, Fall of roof. Deceased and a repairer were ripping 3 feet of cliff roof on a cross heading, and standing double timbers, the last pair of which was 3 to 4 feet from the rippings at the time of accident. The heading inside of them was double-timbered, but had become too low. For some reason deceased went a few yards in along the heading, probably to see what they had to rip on the following day, when a stone from the roof fell, and struck him on the leg. This stone would have been taken down in the course of repairs had the accident not occurred. He was admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary on the day of the accident, the leg was amputated on January 13th, and he died on March 15th, 1908

Evans, George, 20 Dec 1895, aged 59, Haulier, While behind two teams of rubbish drawn by a horse another horse came up against him injuring him internally

Evans, Gwilym, 12 Jun 1903, 9.30 p.m., aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 9 ft. by 6½ ft by 2 ft. thick, fell on deceased as he was passing out towards the shaft. Two collars were found to have broken and liberated the roof. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Evans, Herbert, 25 Jan 1932, Collier [More information ...]

Evans, John, 06 Aug 1907, (accident: 26 Jun 1907, 3 p.m.), aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof. At face. Deceased was lagging a pair of timbers close to the coal, when a piece of roof fell and struck him. He died on August 6th from disease of the kidneys aggravated by the injury. Six-feet seam

Evans, John, 25 Jan 1932, Overman [More information ...]

Evans, Robert, 17 Jun 1907, 3.40 p.m., aged 30, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, rock, 11 ft. by 6 ft. by 30 ins. thick, fell while deceased was holding light for a roadman who was laying a stall parting. The roof was not supported by double timbers, but by side props, one of which was crushed out. Six-feet seam

Evans, T. P., 17 Oct 1901, (accident: 15 Oct 1901), aged 23, Collier, Fall of side. At face, while pulling down a piece of coal, he fell back against a post with the mandril in his hand, the piece of coal fell against the handle of the mandril, pressing it against his abdomen, and causing the injury from which he died on the 17th. Five feet seam

Evans, Thomas, 20 Feb 1882, aged 50, Labourer, Killed by a journey of full trams passing over him

Evans, Thomas, 01 Nov 1907, 5.45 p.m., aged 36, Shunter, This accident occurred on one of the roads under the screening platform. Deceased had left four empty wagons on the outer of two roads. He then got on his locomotive, which came over a crossover road and passed the four empties. Finding another locomotive standing in front of him in the road which he wanted to travel, he jumped off the footplate, and walked down to ask the other driver why he did not move on out of his way. As he was talking to this driver, the four wagons which he had left above, moved quietly down the road and crushed him against some empty wagons, which were standing, scotched, on the same road. He had not taken the precaution of putting down a single brake on these four wagons, but relied on their being at rest when he left them. He had been a shunter on these roads for nine years. The gradient is 1 in 110

Fisher, Morris, 20 Jan 1908, (accident: 14 Nov 1907), aged 22, Labourer, Fall of roof. Deceased was said to have been cut slightly on the head by a stone falling from the roof. He continued to work for 37 days, and then failed. He went home for the Christmas holiday, and complained of pain in his head. He went to the Stroud hospital, where he was operated on. He died on January 20th, 1908, from septic pneumonia

Flowers, John, 04 Dec 1891, aged 63, Watchman, Knocked down by journey of trams while cleaning road after being warned to stand clear

Ford, Charles, 14 Feb 1903, (accident: 26 Jan 1903, 10 a.m.), aged 24, Loco. Guard, Deceased was putting sand on the rail, when he gave the engine-man a signal to start. Steam was put on, the engine "skidded," and deceased's arm somehow got crushed by the side-rods. He died from blood-poisoning on 14th February

Frazer, Thomas, 29 Jun 1899, aged 39, Carpenter, While repairing a wagon on a siding he failed to hear a warning to stand clear as some wagons were being shunted into the same siding. He was knocked down and run over

Gardener, John, 14 May 1891, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof (about 12ft. x 8ft. x 20ins. thick) in face of heading just inside the double timbers. The seam the two-foot nine was here thinner on the solid side than it had been on the waste side and the roof clift was lying in irregular beds [More information ...]

Gaylard, George, 23 Dec 1899, (accident: 16 Dec 1899), aged 21, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face, while filling a tram of coal, a piece of stone fell on his head from between two props about 5 ft. apart. Died December 23rd. Four feet seam

Giddings, Thomas, 14 Nov 1894, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof at face of heading in Two Feet nine seam. He had just knocked out a prop set in middle of rippings to get this bed (20ins. thick) down when it and a large bellzstone in the bed above fell upon him

Granville, Joshua, 23 Nov 1913, aged 49, Fireman, He was sent by the overman to guard a certain road during the firing of five shots ; the shots were fired one after the other with about 10 minutes' interval between each. He was found, dead, under the debris of the last shot. Apparently he returned to the place where the shots were being fired after the fourth had gone off, having miscalculated the number, and arrived at the spot at the moment of the explosion of the fifth one

Gray, P., 10 Nov 1883, aged 66, Banksman, Crushed by carriage on surface

Griffiths, Joseph, 24 Dec 1892, (accident: 15 Dec 1892, 4 p.m., 9th hour of shift), aged 59, Cutting cogs, Fall of side from between two cogs 6½ft. apart. Died 24th December

Gwynne, W., 21 Jun 1866, aged 13, Entangled in machinery

Hall, Joseph, 05 Jul 1877, aged 28, Collier, Killed at bottom of shaft by attempting to enter the cage after it had been signalled to start

Harding, William, 03 Nov 1907, 1.45 a.m., aged 42, Master Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 11 ft. by 8 ft. by 4 ft. thick, discharged two pairs of timber and fell on deceased as he was assisting a fitter to make a joint on the compressed air column. It was said that the fall was accompanied by a loud "pounce." New seam

Harris, John, 23 Jan 1886, aged 29, Repairer, Fall of roof while pulling up timber

Harvey, Whitley, 19 Mar 1910, aged 45, Roadsman, Crushed by trams running wild through breaking of haulage rope

Herbert, Thomas, 02 Sep 1886, aged 69, Repairer, Fall of stone near the face of a stall which had been weighting the day before and which he was sent to make secure. It dropped from smoothes and between the props while he was sounding it before setting further timber

Hopkins, E., 11 Dec 1899, aged 54, Labourer, He attempted to enter the cage after it had been signalled up, and was crushed against a beam at top of mouthing

Howells, Arthur, 19 Jan 1906, (accident: 17 Jan 1906, 4.20 a.m.), aged 20, Haulier, As deceased was lifting the cross-bar end of an empty tram on to the rails, on a road dipping 2 ins. per yard, he fell backwards into the tram. The tram ran down 140 yards, jumped off the road, and knocked some timbers out. Deceased was found to have sustained a fracture of the skull, which caused his death in two days

Howells, Eric, 25 Mar 1924, (accident: 24 Mar 1924, 2.30 p.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 23, Hard Headingman, In the face of a hard heading in hard sandstone ground, six shots had been fired; the shots being connected in series of three. One of the shots had not broken the ground to the far end, but had left about 15 ins. of a "socket" hole intact. The two men coming on, on the following shift, seeing the "socket" hole, proceeded to bore the hole to its usual length by means of a percussive drill when a pellet of explosive, which had evidently not gone off with the rest of the charge, exploded. The flying stones injured Howells so badly that he died on the following day. The other man was badly injured. Naked lights used

Howells, R., 04 Feb 1874, aged 50, Mason, Killed by falling down the pit. The scaffold gave way

Howells, Richard, 29 May 1900, 10 a.m., aged 61, Cogman, Fall of roof. At face, coal, 11 ft. x 4¼ ft. x 14 ins. thick, fell from between two "slips," partly discharging a "flat." The "flats" were 4½ ft. apart. Four feet seam

Hughes, David, 25 Jan 1932 [More information ...]

Hughes, Joseph, 16 Jul 1886, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal which broke off at a sprag. It came from an unseen slip

Hughes, Rees, 14 May 1891, aged 14, Collier's boy, Fall of roof (about 12ft. x 8ft. x 20ins. thick) in face of heading just inside the double timbers. The seam the two-foot nine was here thinner on the solid side than it had been on the waste side and the roof clift was lying in irregular beds [More information ...]

Hughes, Richard, 30 Jun 1903, 2 p.m., aged 50, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 3½ ft. by 3½ ft. by 2 ins. thick. Deceased and another man had been clearing a fall on a double-parting, and while having a rest, a piece of the cliff roof burst away and fell on deceased. The place had been squeezing that day

Israel, John, 02 Mar 1876, aged 16, Hitcher, Killed by a piece of coal falling upon him at bottom of shaft

Jenkins, D., 01 Feb 1871, aged 26, Collier, Killed by an explosion of gunpowder

Jenkins, Thomas, 02 Apr 1881, aged 19, Haulier, Killed by attempting to enter cage after it had started from bottom of shaft

John, Thomas, 01 Feb 1929, (accident: 21 Jan 1929), aged 52, Haulier, Kicked in chest by horse. Died 1st Feb

Jones, Dan, 11 Feb 1902, 12.30 p.m., aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, of 5¾ ft. by 13 ins. by 8 ins. thick. No one knew what he was doing at the time, but it was supposed that he was pulling down some coal. New seam

Jones, Daniel, 22 Feb 1885, aged 36, Repairer, Fall of stone

Jones, David, 09 Feb 1898, aged 16, Enginedriver, Found fatally injured under the drum of a small haulage engine which he attended. There was no evidence to prove how he got there

Jones, David John, 20 Sep 1892, 1 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 19, Haulier, Fall of roof (12ft. x 10ft.) on main road which was not double timbered

Jones, Emrys, 09 Jan 1914, aged 16, Labourer, Fall of roof while travelling along a heading

Jones, Evan, 19 Dec 1878, aged 45, Scrunman, Killed by railway waggons

Jones, Herbert, 06 Apr 1904, 11.30 p.m., aged 50, Fireman, A journey of seven trams, filled with rubbish, was being drawn up an engine-plane, rising 12 to 15 ins. per yard, when the rope broke. The trams ran baok and killed deceased. The rope, which was 3,000 yards long, was ¾ ins. in diameter, made of patent improved crucible steel, and had been at work for 15 months. It was thought that the front tram had got off the rails, and so put extra strain on the rope. Deceased was found partly in a manhole

Jones, John, 25 Aug 1884, aged 35, Fireman, Fall of stone

Jones, John, 14 Jun 1888, aged 29, Collier, A small stone from a slip running parallel with a heading fell on his head while filling coals. 6ft. seam, 8½ft. thick. Long wall

Jones, John, 14 Mar 1895, aged 29, Collier, He had attempted to draw a lump of the upper coal down but failed and while in act of holing under to remove it without having set a sprag a piece 4ft. x 4ft. x 9ins. fell upon him. Six feet seam

Jones, John, 17 Apr 1904, 2.30 p.m., aged 33, Hitcher, Deceased had, with a hitcher and some-ostlers, descended the shaft in a cage to a landing, where the others were to get out, while he was to descend to the bottom. The hitcher stepped off the cage into the landing, and was preparing to lower the drawbridge for the ostlers to cross the space between the cage and the landing, when he saw deceased falling down the shaft. The cage was quite steady, having been standing for five minutes to allow the men to get their eyesight

Jones, John, 22 Sep 1905, 10.30 a.m., aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof. On road, coal, 12 ft, by 8 ft, by 3 ft. thick, broke two collars, crushed one pair of timber out, and buried deceased. The timbers were said to have been set a fortnight before, and they were not cracked before the time of the fall. Nine feet seam

Jones, John, 25 Jan 1932, Fireman [More information ...]

Jones, John B., 26 Jun 1900, 6.30 p.m., aged 31, Rider, A brick fell out of the lining of the shaft on to the top of the cage in which he was ascending with nine others, and he fell or was thrown out

Jones, Llewellyn, 29 Oct 1903, 8.45 a.m., aged 13, Door-boy, Run over by a journey of three trams while attending a ventilation door. No one knows how he got under the trams

Jones, Rees, 06 Aug 1881, aged 35, Collier, Killed by a blown out shot

Knowles, Albert, 10 Jun 1884, aged 15, Collier, Fall of roof

Langley, John, 01 Aug 1894, aged 22, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Latham, William, 19 Jan 1895, aged 35, Collier, Fall of strong clift from between two slips or joints 6ft. apart at right angles to face extending from coal to gob wall 11ft. back. No props within the area of fall. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Lavies, John, 14 Jun 1908, (accident: 28 Apr 1908), aged 27, Repairer, A tram of rubbish had been pulled a certain distance up a heading rising 1 in 3 by means of a hauling-rope passed round a terminal pulley attached to an upright post near the face. Deceased had removed the barhook, and was about to signal for the tram to be lowered, when a fall of roof occurred over the sheave-post, which liberated it, and tram, rope, and sheave ran down the heading, and caught deceased before he could reach a place of safety. He received injuries from which he died on June 14

Lemon, Charles, 14 Oct 1912, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof near working face. They were killed by a fall of roof, which discharged seven pairs of timber [More information ...]

Lemon, George, 14 Oct 1912, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof near working face. They were killed by a fall of roof, which discharged seven pairs of timber [More information ...]

Lewis, A., 07 Jul 1870, aged 16, Labourer, Killed by a rope slipping and striking him on the head

Lewis, Evan, 16 Aug 1912, aged 15, Light Carrier, When carrying light on an inclined plane, he was knocked down and run over

Lewis, John, 06 Sep 1884, aged 22, Siding man, Crushed by tram on surface

Lewis, Joseph, 09 Oct 1893, aged 34, Timberman, Fall of roof on road while ripping. Six feet seam

Lewis, Oliver, 15 Jun 1907, 10 a.m., aged 26, Engine Cleaner, Deceased was the regular cleaner employed in the engine house. After the pit had been idle for about 10 minutes, waiting for coal, deceased got inside the substantial iron fence and went to the left hand crank-pit, out of the sight of the engine driver, either for the purpose of screwing down a grease pot or picking something out of the crank-pit. While he was in there a signal to wind came to the engineman, who did not know where the cleaner was. He started to wind and the crank in its first revolution struck deceased on the head and caused injuries from which he died in a few minutes. The electric bell on which the signals are made is right in front of the driver, and can usually be heard in any part of the engine house

Lewis, Thomas, 28 Jul 1879, aged 25, Haulier, Killed by fall of stone from side of heading

Lewis, William, 07 Jun 1905, 1.15 p.m., aged 51, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal, 7½ ft. by 16 ins. by 4 ft. thick, fell off a vertical break as deceased was stooping to pick something up. Two sprags were crushed out. There had been no work in the stall during the four days preceding the accident. This would cause the coal to be fractured, and so be liable to break at the sprags. Six feet seam

Lowe, R., 19 Dec 1899, aged 32, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face, top coal, 3 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 ft. thick, from between two props 6 ft. apart, while "holing." Four feet seam

Lower, Stephen, 31 May 1899, aged 16, Collier boy, [Fall of roof] At face of "Nottingham," a fall 9 ft x 6 ft. x 3 ft. thick, broke down over three pairs of timbers, where he was sitting eating his food. Upper Five feet seam

Ludlow, Charles, 25 Nov 1886, aged 19, Haulier, Run over by tram in front of which he had fallen

Martin, Richard, 16 Oct 1903, 5.30 a.m., aged 37, Rider, Two trams of rubbish which deceased and another man had left at the top of a slight dip, started, ran down the dip, and crushed deceased against a loaded tram, that was derailed, and which they were putting on to the rails. It was said that deceased had "scotched" the trams, but in my opinion he forgot to do so

Matthews, Ernest, 03 Mar 1913, aged 16, Collier Boy, Fall of roof at working face. A piece of clod roof fell from between the timbers and the face, and fractured his skull

Matthews, Patrick, 28 Jan 1905, (accident: 24 Jan 1905, 10 p.m.), aged 21, Rider, A tram of rubbish was being taken up a stall, rising 4 ins. per yard, when the little pin of the "gun" broke. The tram ran back and crushed deceased against the side. He died four days later

Meredith, Charles, 24 May 1871, aged 18, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal

Middle, William, 13 Jun 1910, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof while repairing his stall road

Morgan, Gomer, 21 Sep 1881, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Morgan, John, 21 Jan 1910, aged 46, Haulier, Fall of roof at face of stall road. His horse was also killed

Morgan, John, 13 Mar 1913, aged 63, Haulier, He was found lying across the shackle of a journey of trams after having been dragged about 100 yards. He was probably crossing over the journey when it started

Morgan, Thomas, 16 Jun 1897, aged 32, Repairer, Fall of roof on road, clift 5ft. x 4ft. x14 ins. thick, which he was wedging it down. Six feet seam

Morgan, William, 02 Dec 1907, 1.15 p.m., aged 62, Sheaveman, Deceased was run over by a journey of 10 full trams on an arched haulage road, 14 ft. wide, and lighted by electric lamps. The journey had only travelled 40 ft. when the accident occurred. It can only be ascribed to lack of attention on the part of deceased

Nicholas, David, 09 Oct 1894, aged 32, Master haulier, Struck by a haulage rope through the post which guided the rope giving way

O'Connor, Patrick, 05 Feb 1909, (accident: 27 Jan 1909), aged 55, Labourer, Fall of roof. Deceased was unloading a tram of rubbish at the face of a heading when a pair of timber was crushed out, and about two tons of roof coal fell on him, causing injuries from which he died on February 5th. Nine feet seam

Ormond, Thomas, 25 May 1914, aged 45, Loco. Shunter, He was run over while shifting the points on a colliery siding. He appears to have slipped in attempting to get out of the way, with the result that his foot was cut clean off. He died from his injuries the same day

Owen, John, 07 Aug 1902, (accident: 31 Jul 1902, 8 p.m.), aged 59, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 6 ft. by 4 ft. by 12 ins. thick. Deceased was barring down some stones loosened by a shot, when a stone just above his head fell off a slant, and smashed his leg. It was amputated, but he died on August 7th from exhaustion. Five feet seam

Palmer, John, 28 Jul 1877, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal

Payne, Richard, 12 Sep 1892, aged 61, Coker, Run over by wagons in the "gillet" at coke ovens

Payne, William, 03 Nov 1873, aged 30, Carpenter, Killed by falling down sinking shaft

Perkins, John, 18 Jan 1897, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof at face, clift 8ft x 5ft from 10 to 1in thick, where roof was propped. In pillar and stall. No. 3 Rhondda

Philips, L., 18 Sep 1874, aged 60, Collier, Killed by attempting to get into the cage at the bottom of the pit when in motion

Phillips, David, 02 Oct 1882, aged 15, Collier's boy, Killed by an explosion of firedamp

Pool, William, 08 Jul 1904, 3.30 a.m., aged 25, Repairer, Fall of roof. Deceased and his assistant were propping at the face of a heading, as there was a squeeze on, when a heavy fall of cliff occurred, which discharged three pairs of timbers and buried deceased. New seam

Prestwood, Ambrose, 22 Jan 1903, 6.50 a.m., aged 56, Collier, Deceased and 28 other persons were being lowered down the shaft, and, when about 88 yards from the bottom, the cage struck a cast-iron water-garland curb, which caused it to tilt up, and deceased fell out. On inspection being made the shaft and appliances were found to be in good order, and it is difficult to say what caused the cage to oscillate sufficiently to strike the curb, as there was a clearance of 19 ins. [More information ...]

Prothero, Thomas, 31 May 1912, aged 50, Repairer, Fall of roof on heading road. After cutting out some old timber and pulling down top, he crossed over the fallen ground to get some timber, when a stone fell upon him

Protheroe, William, 06 Oct 1928, (accident: 05 Oct 1928), aged 64, Labourer, Crushed by trams. Died 6th

Pugsley, Thomas, 05 Apr 1905, 8.30 p.m., aged 33, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 24 ft. by 8½ ft. by 4½ ft. thick. Deceased and a labourer were re-timbering a road that had become too low. He had been told by the fireman not to remove a pair of old timbers until he had put a new one in ; he however began to cut out one of the arms, and had nearly succeeded, when six pairs of timbers and the roof above collapsed and buried him. The roof was very much broken by the existence of a fault and by a recent heavy squeeze. Five feet seam

Radford, James, 24 Jul 1902, 10 a.m., aged 30, Coal-mill attendant, Knocked down and run over by wagons, pushed by a locomotive, during shunting operations

Rees, Gabriel, 08 Sep 1895, aged 34, Rider, Fall of side clift, 6ft x 1ft. 10 ins. x 1ft. from side of road as he was passing

Rees, George, 18 Jan 1890, aged 42, Repairer, While deceased and another repairer were removing two sheaves in a tram on the engine plane a journey struck him. They did not expect it was so near

Rees, Thomas, 30 Aug 1880, aged 27, Collier, Jumped from a cage to a byat in the shaft

Rees, Thomas, 25 Oct 1882, aged 22, Collier, Run over by a journey of full trains passing over him

Richards, David, 19 Dec 1871, aged 29, Collier, Killed by fall of stone [More information ...]

Roberts, Edmund, 29 Aug 1913, aged 40, Repairer, Fall of roof on a heading road. As he was taking back a sledge, which he had borrowed, to the face of the heading, a fall occurred, killing him

Roberts, Edward, 24 Oct 1899, aged 16, Collier, [Fall of side] At face, clod 5½ ft. x 16 ins. x 12 in thick, which was overhanging, fell on him while wedging it down. He must have overreached himself, and fallen forward. Five feet seam

Rogers, David, 25 Jan 1932 [More information ...]

Rosser, E., 25 Nov 1874, aged 20, Killed by trams at bottom

Rosser, Thomas, 09 Jun 1890, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof, strong clift 9ft. long, 4ft. wide, between a row of props and coal face. He and his partner were putting in a cog. 6ft seam. Nottingham longwall

Rowlands, John, 19 Mar 1898, aged 18, Collier, Fall of side coal 8ft. long 4½ft. wide, from 18 to 6ins. thick in a Nottingham face said to have been spragged. Six feet seam

Shewery, John, 01 May 1881, aged 24, Repairer, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Shire, Edward, 10 Nov 1898, aged 32, Ripper, Fall of roof on road strong clift from between three slips while it was being timbered after ripping. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Sparrow, Arthur, 26 Jul 1897, aged 31, Rider, Fall of roof on road, the tram he was pushing having got off the rails knocked out a prop bringing down a fall upon him. Five feet seam

Sparrow, Clifford, 25 Jan 1932 [More information ...]

Stephens, David, 01 Nov 1895, aged 21, Collier, Fall of clod 4ft. x 2ft. 8ins. x 15ins. thick as he was passing along the face. Not propped. Five feet seam. Nottingham System

Stuckey, John, 10 Jun 1903, 1.50 p.m., aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 7 ft. 5 ins. by 4¼ ft. by 1 ft. thick, fell as deceased was making place for a prop. Two feet nine seam

Symmonds, Samuel, 07 Feb 1895, aged 20, Collier, Fall of strong clift 7½ft x 3ft x 3ft thick from side of roadway where he was commencing a place. The stone had three props under it but parted at a joint in roof. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Thomas, Elias, 14 May 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 25, Collier, Fall of side (coal) after knocking out a sprag. Seam irregular, 13ft. Thick, and slanty

Thomas, Frederick, 22 Nov 1904, 1.20 p.m., aged 19, Oiler, Deceased was crushed against the roof of an engine plane whilst illegally riding. No one was allowed to ride on this plane, which was only 4½ feet high at the spot where the accident was thought to have occurred

Thomas, James, 10 Jan 1902, 3.50 a.m., aged 41, Assistant Rider, In going from one door to open another, 77 yards away, he was caught by the journey and run over. It is impossible to say exactly how the accident happened

Thomas, Joseph, 13 Sep 1905, 1 p.m., aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 6 ft. by 3½ ft. tapering to a point, by 27 ins. thick, fell as deceased and the collier with whom he worked were chipping the top part of the seam. There were diagonal slips on either side of the stone which ran upwards until they met. Five feet seam

Thomas, William, 25 Jan 1932 [More information ...]

Thomas, William Reynold, 02 May 1895, aged 29, Collier, Fall of clod 9ft. long, 2ft. 10ins. wide 1ft. 5ins. thick, which was entirely undermined and unsupported. Five feet seam

Tippins, William, 28 May 1884, aged 53, Ripper, Fall of stone

Townshend, Henry, 04 Oct 1907, (accident: 29 May 1907, 2.30 p.m.), aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof. Deceased and his partner in taking a tram to the face of their stall, pushed it too far, and knocked out a mid-road post, causing cliff, 6½ ft. by 14 ins. by 20 ins. thick to fall. His spine was injured, and he died on October 4th, 1907. New seam

Wall, Harry, 18 May 1886, aged 20, Collier, Killed by attempting to get on carriage while in motion

Walters, William, 17 Jan 1900, 4.30 p.m., aged 18, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 6 ft. x 4 ft. x 21 ins. thick, it was unsupported. Upper seam

Webber, James, 30 Apr 1891, aged 25, Collier, Fall of a piece of top coal from a back slip while working out the lower portion of seam. The top coal was not spragged as it had been sticking to the top (roof) and the face standing square. New seam, 8ft. thick. Long wall

Weeks, James, 09 Jun 1900, 1 p.m., aged 36, Repairer, Fall of side. On road, cliff, 3½ ft. x 2 ft. x 22 ins. thick, while assisting to stand a pair of timbers. No. 3 Rhondda seam

Wennett, Dl., 11 May 1900, (accident: 07 Nov 1899, 11.15 p.m.), aged 62, Labourer, Struck by haulage rope while standing at a curve on road. Died from blood poisoning, the result of injury, on May 11th

Wilde, Edward, 14 Sep 1882, aged 21, Haulier, Fall of roof

Williams, Alfred John, 18 Apr 1913, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. As he was at work in his working place, a fall of roof occurred, killing him

Williams, Anthony, 15 Mar 1876, aged 58, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Williams, Richard, 08 Jan 1897, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof at face, stone 6½ft x 3½ft. x from 2 to 1ft. thick. Two feet nine seam

Williams, Thomas, 08 Jun 1910, (accident: 13 Apr 1910), aged 46, Rider, Fall of roof from a slip on a road where he was waiting. A boy was injured by the same fall. Williams died 8th June

Williams, Walter, 16 Jan 1892, 7.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Collier's boy, Fall of roof (12ft. x 5ft.) from slips. Insufficent propping

Williams, William, 12 May 1906, 12.40 p.m., aged 37, Ripper, Fall of roof. At face. Deceased and another man were making an airway through the gob near the face when cliff, 8 ft. by 5 ft. by 3 ft. thick, from under which they had filled away 6 or 7 trams of rubbish, fell from between polished slants and killed him. The stone was unsupported. Five feet seam

Withers, W. W., 12 Jun 1897, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof at face, on entering in the morning a stone 4ft. long fell over roadway. Five feet seam

Wybourne, James, 30 Jul 1910, (accident: 16 Sep 1909), aged 65, Ostler, Kicked by horse on wrist. Blood poisoning supervened and he died on 30th July