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Charles, Hugh, 11 Mar 1895, aged 34, Carpenter, Charles and some other men were unloading some heavy shafting from one of the small trucks of the Narrow Gauge Railway, somehow the truck was overturned and the shafting fell upon him

Davies, Thomas, 30 Jan 1882, aged 28, Carpenter, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Davis, William, 30 Aug 1927, aged 30, Rockman, Killed by a fall of rock on loose side of chamber

Evans, David, 01 Aug 1877, (accident: 30 Jul 1877), aged 45, Slate miner, The deceased was injured on the 30th July by a fall of rock which occurred in an open working in the quarry

Evans, John, 11 Mar 1893, Miner, While the deceased was engaged in blasting away the floor of an incline at the side of a line of rails a truck came loose from a chain breaking and ran down violently. The deceased was struck by the truck or the load as it passed him

Hughes, Hugh, 30 Jan 1882, aged 66, Labourer, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Humphreys, Ebenezer, 05 Sep 1901, aged 45, Miner, While crossing the working face in a chamber, he somehow let go the suspending chain and fell a distance of about 14 yards. He died the same day

Jones, Edward, 23 Oct 1928, aged 57, Rockman, Killed by a fall of rock

Jones, Griffith, 09 Feb 1905, aged 51, Slate-getter, A large block of rock on which he stood gave way and he fell with it a distance of 12 yards. Instantly killed

Jones, Griffith, 11 May 1920, aged 62, Rockman, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Jones, John, 01 May 1885, aged 32, Labourer, Unexpected fall of some stones weighing about 2 cwt. from the roof of the chamber 50 feet above them [More information ...]

Jones, Owen, 11 Mar 1902, aged 36, Miner, While he was passing beneath a place where he had done some blasting a few minutes previous, a piece of rock fell upon him and killed him on the spot. He had not taken the precaution of examining the place before passing beneath it

Lewis, David, 02 Feb 1912, (accident: 10 Jan 1912), aged 64, Slate-maker, Superficial scratch on hand, of which he took no notice. He died of blood poisoning on 2nd February

Morris, Samuel, 21 Dec 1882, aged 19, Miner, Fall of a large slab of the 9 inch bed, while he was in the act of taking it down

Pritchard, William, 30 Jan 1882, aged 60, Engineman, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Roberts, Evan, 30 Jan 1882, aged 52, Labourer, Boiler explosion [More information ...]

Roberts, Richard, 02 Apr 1886, aged 36, Rockman, Unexpected fall of rock from the side of a pillar where he had just been blasting