Morlais Colliery

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Bowen, Stanley, 25 May 1905, aged 13, Coal-cleaner, Crushed between a loaded waggon and a wall near the weighing-machine house

Chapman, Robert, 10 Oct 1902, 10.30 a.m., aged 53, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while stamping a hole in floor to stand a prop, a stone (clift) 6 ft. x 4 ft. x 16 ins. thick fell from between face and nearest line of props. Six feet seam

Davies, David, 12 Feb 1906, aged 31, Trammer, Fall of roof. At face ; while filling a tram of coal, a "bell," measuring 8 ft. 1 in. by 5 ft. 9 ins., by 1 ft. 8 ins. in thickness, fell from the clift roof, killing him instantly. There were no props within the area of "fall." Six feet seam

Davies, Owen, 16 Mar 1910, aged 19, Rider, While riding in front of first tram of a journey up a slant rising one in four the coupling between first and second tram broke, causing the rope to jerk and he was thrown off and run over

Davies, T. John, 25 Jun 1929, aged 47, Miner, Fall of roof — bell stone

Davies, Willie, 30 Aug 1910, aged 18, Incline man, Struck by an iron spike fixed in roof at top of incline for hanging rope to which was violently forced out of its place by tram running wild down incline and colliding with a tram attached to rope at bottom of incline

Harris, Griffith, 04 Dec 1914, aged 63, Labourer, As he crossed between the buffers of two wagons standing on a siding, another blocked into them, and he was crushed to death between

Harry, Henry, 03 Dec 1908, aged 60, Waggon Shunter, While engaged near the screens in moving waggons, which were set in motion by a steam crab, he got crushed between the buffers

Leyshon, Thomas, 08 Jan 1896, aged 41, Foreman sinker, Stone about 2 cwt fell out of side of shaft about 10 feet from bottom

Rees, Evan, 13 Aug 1909, aged 51, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road ; while standing at the foot of an incline, a stone, 4 feet 6 inches by 3 feet, and varying in thickness from 9 inches to 4 inches, fell from a thick, rotten joint in the roof, which, although visible on one side, and which necessitated timbering, was said to have been invisible on the other. It should have been anticipated. Six Feet Seam

Roberts, Evan, 19 Dec 1914, (accident: 30 Nov 1914), aged 55, Smith, While lying full length adjusting pins to the lower shaft of the eccentric rods of a winding engine, the engineman was asked by the mechanic to lower the reversing links, and in doing so his face as crushed against the iron flooring. Neither the mechanic nor the engineman knew he was in the position he was. He died from his injuries December 19th, 1914

Williams, William Anthony, 13 Dec 1912, aged 14, Haulier Boy, He apparently fell off a seat in front of his journey, on which he was riding, and was run over and killed