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Llanover Colliery
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| Location: | Bargoed 9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Merthyr Tydfil |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 171 Cardiff and Newport) SO179008, 51° 41' 58" N, 3° 11' 17" W |
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| Owners: | Bargoed Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Employment: | 1923 - 472 (378 below, 94 surface) |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Burge, George, 07 Apr 1912, aged 48, Foreman Sinker, When being wound up the shaft, the engineman found he could not close the throttle valve, he immediately applied all the brake power with the result that the rope snapped and the cage and men fell a distance of 140 yards. Upon examination of the engine after the accident it was found that two pieces of the stop valve, situated near the boiler, has become broken off, and had been carried along inside the steam pipes by the pressure of steam, and, fracturing a copper plate grid in the steam pipes, one piece had got lodged under the valve of winding engine [More information ...] | |||||
| Green, Alfred, 10 Mar 1914, (accident: 07 Mar 1914), aged 31, Screenman, In attempting to cross over a main shaft of the screening machinery his coat caught and he was revolved around, sustaining such injuries that he died on March 10th following | |||||
| Jones, George, 07 Apr 1912, aged 58, Mechanic, When being wound up the shaft, the engineman found he could not close the throttle valve, he immediately applied all the brake power with the result that the rope snapped and the cage and men fell a distance of 140 yards. Upon examination of the engine after the accident it was found that two pieces of the stop valve, situated near the boiler, has become broken off, and had been carried along inside the steam pipes by the pressure of steam, and, fracturing a copper plate grid in the steam pipes, one piece had got lodged under the valve of winding engine [More information ...] | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Llanover Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Llanover Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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