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Adams, D., 18 Jun 1875, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Aldridge, William, 05 Feb 1908, aged 29, Haulier, Deceased was attempting to replace on the rails a tram of rubbish which had left the road on a gradient of 16 inches per yard. Owing to the gradient the tram was controlled by a chain attached to the back end of the drawbar and passed twice round a post. In the operation of getting the tram on the rails, the man who was attending to the chain at the post got his fingers pinched by it and let go, with the result that the tram ran down the road for a few yards with deceased in front, and crushed him to death against a post

Astley, William, 14 Dec 1912, aged 66, Haulier, In stepping off a cage to a landing in the shaft, he appears to have missed his footing and fell to bottom of shaft 180 yards below. He was alone at the time of the accident

Clarke, Benjamin, 05 Apr 1892, 10 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff) 6ft. x 2ft. 9in. x 7in. at face inside of props 4ft. from face at top of back slip

Davies, David, 26 May 1924, (accident: 12 May 1924, 5.0 p.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 62, Repairer, While putting up a cog in a cavity above a pair of timber, a splinter of wood got into the index finger of his right hand. Septic poisoning set in and he died on the 26th May. Electric safety lamp used

Davies, Gomer, 06 Jan 1914, aged 15, Collier Boy, Fall of coal roof at face as he was getting coal

Davies, William, 25 Oct 1900, 10.30 a.m., aged 53, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 5 ft. x 4 ft. x 2 ft. thick, fell from between two "slants. Upper seam

Edwards, Ivor John, 08 Oct 1924, (accident: 06 Oct 1924, 10.0 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 38, Collier, He was partly buried by a fall of coal which broke off from an unseen rider slip in front of his stall road. He died from his injuries on the 8th October. Electric safety lamp used

Edwards, Richard, 07 Oct 1908, (accident: 06 Oct 1908), aged 40, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal, 8 feet by 3 feet by 5 feet thick, part of which he was trying to pull down, fell as he, expecting a much shorter piece to fall, was standing in front of it. He was so injured that he died on the following day. One sprag at least was crushed out. The rise of the seam was 15 inches per yard. New seam

Edwards, Tudor, 01 May 1903, 10.30 a.m., aged 15, Door-boy, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 4 ft. by 3 ft. by 4 ins. thick, fell on deceased as he was riding out on a "barhook" attached to a loaded tram, drawn by a horse. The roof was unsupported. Upper seam

Emanuel, W., 23 Jul 1900, (accident: 24 Feb 1900, 3.30 a.m.), aged 31, Haulier, He was riding on top of a tram of timber, and was caught by a broken "collar." Died July 23rd

Evans, John, 04 Sep 1905, 3.45 p.m., aged 61, Labourer, Deceased was crushed by an empty journey against the side, on a turn at the junction of two roads, as he was making his way to the pit at the end of his shift. The roadway was of fair dimensions, and manholes were provided

Evans, Richard, 06 Nov 1908, (accident: 02 Nov 1908), aged 42, Collier, At face, cliff, 2 feet by 3 feet by 12 inches thick, fell on a bar with which deceased was pulling down loose stones, forced the end into his side, and ruptured his liver and intestines. He died in 4 days. No. 4 seam

Evans, W., 10 Apr 1874, aged 21, Collier, Killed by fall of coal

Evans, William, 11 Apr 1893, aged 41, Collier, Fall of side (11½ft. x 2½ft. x 14in.) from edge of rippings near face

Evans, William, 06 Apr 1909, aged 27, Repairer, Deceased and ten other men were descending the shaft when, owing to oscillation, the corner of the cage struck a garland curb, canted the cage, and precipitated deceased into the shaft. The clearance from cage corner to walling varied from 5 to 10 inches. The reason for the extra oscillation was not sufficiently ascertained [More information ...]

Francis, William, 26 Jan 1888, aged 27, Rider, Injured by trams on surface incline to rubbish tip. It was supposed he had fallen off the trams while riding up incline

George, Lewis, 17 Nov 1891, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof strong clift, 7ft. x from 1ft. to 4ft. and 1 ins. thick at edge of ripping between roadside props 10ft. apart. Seam 5ft. 8ins. thick. Long wall

Gore, Charles, 02 Jan 1906, 2.30 a.m., aged 41, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 5 ft. by 14 ins. by 14 ins. thick, fell as deceased and a repairer were removing an old door frame. The roof was unsupported. Two-feet-nine seam

Howells, Walter, 06 Feb 1907, 1.50 p.m., aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 6 ft. by 6 ft. by 18 ins. thick, part of the "rippings" fell off the "face slip" of a 12 ins. downthrow fault. He had just completed ripping a lower bed, and in doing so, very probably loosened the upper bed. Two-feet-nine seam

Hughes, Ellis, 31 Dec 1910, aged 32, Trimmer, He was passing under the couplings of stationary wagons when other wagons were bumped into them and he was run over

Hughes, John, 06 Apr 1909, aged 49, Collier, Deceased and ten other men were descending the shaft when, owing to oscillation, the corner of the cage struck a garland curb, canted the cage, and precipitated deceased into the shaft. The clearance from cage corner to walling varied from 5 to 10 inches. The reason for the extra oscillation was not sufficiently ascertained [More information ...]

Hughes, Richard, 23 Dec 1892, 3 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 13, Collier's boy, Fatally injured by the fall of a sleeper from a heap on the road side

Hughes, Thomas, 08 May 1892, 6.30 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 49, Banksman, Struck by a drum which some fitters were removing

Humphreys, Thomas, 12 Mar 1894, aged 33, Haulier, Fall of side of a dip heading he was passing with a horse and full train. Upper or Two feet nine seem

Jenkins, Morgan, 12 Oct 1905, (accident: 04 Oct 1905, 9.30 p.m.), aged 66, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 5½ ft, by 2 ft. by 16 ins. thick, fell as deceased was cutting away side to make room for an arm of a new pair of timber. He had tried to get the stone down, but failed, He died in 8 days. No. 2 Rhondda seam

John, Joseph, 16 Dec 1899, aged 55, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face, at road end, clod, 6 ft. x 2¾ ft. x 16 in. thick, part of "rippings," while drawing coal down ; no props under it. New seam

Jones, Edward, 18 Mar 1899, aged 40, Banksman, Fell through a space of 2 feet, between cage containing water-tank and landing. No one else was there

Jones, Evan, 23 May 1904, (accident: 11 Dec 1903, 9.45 a.m.), aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 4 ft 4 ins. by 4½ ft. by 21 ins. thick, fell while he was cutting away the bottom bed of coal. No. 2 Rhondda seam. He died on 23rd May, 1904

Jones, John, 21 Jul 1904, 10.30 a.m., aged 40, Hitcher, Struck on the head by a stone falling off a tram of rubbish just as the cage was landed on the fans. Deceased was putting a full tram in the cage, and was protected by a "penthouse," which reached from the side of the shaft to within 9 ins. of the cage. The stone fell through this space

Jones, John, 10 Jan 1907, (accident: 10 Sep 1906, 2 a.m.), aged 40, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, fireclay, 9 ft. by 2 ft. by 18 ins. thick, crushed a "flat" and a prop out, and fell on deceased. He and the repairer were timbering or "flatting" a Barry face, preparatory to shifting the road. New seam. Died January 10th, 1907

Kurton, Henry, 10 Jul 1893, aged 18, Haulier, Fall of roof on road. While bringing a journey of trams round a turn from heading into a main road some old timbers broke down and the roof fell. This was a bridge between two high places on the main road and should have been taken down

Lewis, Eli, 29 Jan 1897, aged 38, Haulier, Fall of roof in an old stall road while taking a short cut with some tools from one part of a district to another. Road partly stowed and unfit for a passage. Upper seam

Lewis, Moses, 30 Mar 1907, 11 a.m., aged 27, Haulier, Deceased, who was taking a tram of coal down a heading dipping 2½ ins. per yard, was found dead under the tram. From the marks on the road, and the position of his lamp, which was found alight, it seemed clear that the tram had got off the rails, and that in lifting it on again with the aid of a pull by the horse, he had fallen and was run over

Lewis, Richard, 26 Aug 1911, aged 38, Repairer, Fall of side on road while clearing a fall on a horse road

Lloyd, James, 13 Jan 1890, aged 50, Rider, Crushed between waggons standing on siding near screens and others being lowered down an incline in response to his own signal

Matthews, David, 30 Mar 1909, aged 26, Fall of roof. Shotman, Deceased had to fire 6 shots in a hard heading. The fifth shot missed fire, and he was examining the cable for faults, when a piece of the untimbered cliff roof, 5 feet by 3½ feet by 4 inches thick, fell on him from a height of 11 feet

McCoy, John, 07 May 1910, aged 29, Collier, Fall of side (coal) at working face. A lump of coal in a disturbed place discharged a sprag and fell on him

Morgan, Charles, 03 Oct 1887, aged 52, Waggonshifter, Run over by waggon on a surface incline

Morgan, David J., 03 Oct 1907, 12.5 p.m., aged 14, Collier Boy, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 4 ft. by 5 ft. by 15 ins. thick, fell on deceased as he was watching the collier boring a vertical shot hole for the purpose of blowing down the rippings, part of which fell. The collier evidently considered the rippings strong, or he would not have bored a shot hole in it to bring it down. Two-feet-nine seam

Morgan, Evan, 02 Jul 1896, aged 67, Roadsman, Fall at face (17ins, x 10ins. x 8in) from near edge of rippings. Main roof timbered and lagged. Upper seam

Morgan, Rees Treharne, 29 Apr 1891, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof at face while filling a tram. Roof, bastard fireclay, a portion of which 9ft. long, from 2ft. to3 ft. 9ins. wide and 20ins. thick fell out between props and gob from two slips meeting at top Upper seam; 4½ft. thick. Long wall

Morris, Ebenezer, 08 Jan 1902, 3 p.m., aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 10½ ft. by 13½ ft by 3 ft. thick, fell suddenly crushing out a pair of timbers and a "flat" Some ripping had been done near just before, which I think loosened the stone. The seam was overlapped at that spot. Lower seam

Owen, David, 04 Nov 1914, aged 47, Pitman, As he was engaged in hitching rubbish at the Six Feet inset, 150 yards above the bottom of shaft, he fell down the pit and was killed. No one saw the accident, and part of the temporary landing of beams and planks fell to the bottom of the shaft also, and it is assumed that the cage, in coming to a stop at the landing, struck the woodwork which he must have been standing upon at the time

Owen, Thomas C., 18 Nov 1913, aged 18, Collier, Fall of coal and roof at face. The ground fell upon him from a hidden slant

Pike, George, 03 Jun 1902, (accident: 02 Jun 1902, 3.30 p.m.), aged 40, Collier, Fall of side. At face, while stooping down to get some coal a piece of top coal and clod weighing about 12 lbs. fell and struck him in the stomach. He died the following day. Upper seam

Pritchard, Jeremiah, 19 Oct 1907, 4.45 a.m., aged 28, Assistant Repairer, Deceased, who was accustomed to the work, was taking the place of the rope coiler at the main engine in the Upper seam. A few minutes before the accident the electric lights in the engine house went out, as the dynamo was stopped for the purpose of oiling, &c. Deceased hung his safety lamp in a place where it showed light on the coils, and was in all probability sitting on the fence doing his work when he must have slipped off and fallen with his legs on either side of the pinion. He received injuries from which he died on the same day. There was no need for him to have got inside the fence to do his work

Richards, Edward, 26 Jul 1898, aged 24, Hardgroundman, Fall of side where room was being made for arching on main road a piece of bastard fireclay 8ft. x 7ft. x 2½ft. fell upon him. New seam

Richards, Evan, 19 Dec 1904, 11.30 a.m., aged 58, Repairer, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 7 ft. 6 ins, by 8 ft. 9 ins, by 18 ins. thick, fell on deceased as he was changing broken props in a Nottingham face. New seam

Rowlands, Richard, 18 Feb 1908, aged 21, Haulier, Deceased was taking a tram of rubbish along the Six-feet level when by some means he fell, and was run over. He had just removed the sprags, and it was thought that after doing so he started his horse, and in jumping on the gun slipped and fell

Sheppard, Jacob, 25 Mar 1889, (accident: 23 Jan 1889), aged 65, Labourer, A lump of coal fell off a waggon on to his foot. Died 25th March

Smith, Edward Thomas, 19 Aug 1904, 2 p.m., aged 16, Haulier, Found dead under a loaded tram. It is supposed that he was riding on the "gun" and fell off

Smith, Frank, 18 Dec 1903, 3.30 p.m., aged 40, Trimmer, Deceased, when coming out from between wagons under the screens, was caught, and run over, by a passing train of empty wagons, which were being let down at a considerable speed by a hauling engine

Tayton, Henry, 18 Sep 1891, aged 25, Collier, While putting in a cog and filling up a cavity formed by a fall of clod and coal at an overlap fault a further fall occurred. Lower seam. Long wall

Thomas, David, 29 Oct 1906, (accident: 22 Sep 1906, 1.30 p.m.), aged 68, Doorkeeper, Deceased was opening a door for a full journey to pass out, when the rope swerved when tightening and struck him on the foot. He died from the results of the accident on October 29th

Thomas, Thomas, 16 Jan 1893, aged 24, Ripper, Fall of side which they were blasting to enlarge the road

Watts, William, 19 Jul 1909, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 7 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet thick, fell on deceased from an upper bed, as he was ripping the underlying bed to make height. It was unsupported. New seam

Watts, William, 08 Mar 1925, (accident: 18 Feb 1925), aged 57, Labourer, Walking out when pony passed him and kicked him. Died 8th Mar

Williams, D. W., 06 Jan 1904, 3.30 p.m., aged 14, Door-boy, Two trams of coal were being drawn by a pair of horses up a road rising 1 in 18, when the connecting hook lifted, and so liberated the last tram, which ran back and killed deceased. The haulier had neglected to attach a "barhook" behind the last tram. He was proceeded against, under Special Rule 161 for his neglect, and was fined £3 13s., including costs

Williams, Elias, 01 Mar 1904, 11.30 a.m., aged 13, Doorboy, While deceased and other boys were sitting down eating food, a horse attached to two laden trams started forward as if frightened, and drew the trams over deceased as he was attempting to get out of the way

Williams, Henry, 21 Jul 1894, (accident: 16 Jul 1894), aged 59, Roadsman, He was cleaning the road when a journey of 20 empty trams was going in. He turned to get out of the way on the side opposite to a manhole when the three front trams got off the rails and crushed him against some timber. Died 21st July

Williams, John, 07 Apr 1888, aged 28, Repairer, He was repairing a road and to allow a horse and two full trains to pass out he stepped on some loose timbers and debris at the side and slipped off as the trains were passing and was crushed

Williams, John, 08 May 1902, 10 a.m., aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, fireclay, 9½ ft. by 5 ft. by 8 ins. thick. A tram of coal was being taken along a Nottingham face when it struck out a prop that had been stood under a "flat," as the original prop had broken. The "flat" and two props were discharged. New seam

Williams, John, 28 Jan 1910, aged 57, Timberman, Large fall of roof and sides on a road where repairs were in progress

Williams, William, 31 May 1907, 1.30 a.m., aged 54, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, fireclay, 15½ ft. by 10½ ft. by 2 ft. thick. Deceased was sent to complete a gob wall on the side of a heading. Two props were standing in the middle of the road ; which he wanted to knock out, but the fireman told him not to, but to stand two additional props on the higher side. He stood one, and his lad brought him another, and went back to get a drink. He saw deceased knock out the prop, which he had been told not to. Deceased was said to have been an experienced repairer. New seam