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Bowen, George, 18 Jan 1905, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while wedging down a piece of coal, a portion of clift roof, 14 ft. x 4½ ft. and 10 ins. thick, fell and struck him. There were no props, apparently, within the area of the fall. Pumpquart seam

Davies, David, 10 Jan 1903, aged 19, Assistant Collier, Deceased and his butty were waiting for a "journey" to have a ride ; when the journey came up the back portion had toppled over and caught him before he could get out of the way

Davies, John, 18 Feb 1928, aged 36, Day fireman, Supervising taking out a tram from stall which had fallen — knocked out stone with sledge hammer — head crushed and killed

Davies, Thomas, 11 May 1901, (accident: 09 Oct 1900), aged 32, Coal Picker, Crushed between the buffers of trucks while he and three others were moving them under the screens. Died 11th May, 1901

Horner, Alfred Charles, 09 Nov 1913, (accident: 31 Oct 1913), aged 35, Steeple Jack, He was pulling himself up a stack in a "cradle" to do some pointing to the chimney when the rope broke and he fell to the ground. He died on November 9th from a fractured spine

Hughes, William, 20 Sep 1909, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; a large piece of overhanging shale, 12 feet long by 3 feet wide in the centre, and 1 foot 6 inches in thickness, fell upon him. The seam lying at a considerable inclination rendered the place particularly dangerous, and the spragging was found to be unsatisfactory. Lower Pumpquart Seam. Safety lamps

Hurry, Frederick, 09 Sep 1910, aged 51, Labourer, Crushed between a wagon he was lowering from screens and another wagon at crossing of another line of rails

Jenkins, Johnny, 15 Jun 1914, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof near face of working place, as he was walking back along the road to have food. A comrade was slightly injured

Jones, A. H., 14 Dec 1910, aged 24, Rider, An empty tram ran wild from surface down a steep slant overtaking a journey on which he was riding. The impact caused a coupling to get loose and 9 trams ran wild and caused falls of roof under one of which he was found

Jones, Walter, 02 Dec 1912, aged 30, Carpenter, In oiling some machinery on the jigging screen, his clothing caught in a projecting cotteril. He was whirled around and killed

Matthews, William, 03 Dec 1910, aged 17, Assistant Collier, Fall of roof at working face from between two slants

Morgan, Moses, 23 Aug 1911, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof on stall road along which he was passing. It was a fall of shale lying in a fold of rock roof, displacing four pairs of timber on which the weight was unevenly distributed

Morris, David, 15 Sep 1902, 6.40 p.m., aged 15, Collier's boy, Deceased jumped into an empty "journey" when going in to his work, and as the "journey" was being pushed off the landing a link of the bridle-chain snapped, and the "journey" ran "wild" down the slant

Rees, David, 23 Jan 1911, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. The roof of the stall was not properly secured

Tippins, H., 31 Aug 1927, (accident: 20 Aug 1927), aged 25, Collier, Barring down piece of clod when piece of top fell on his back when in bending position. Died 31st

Williams, W. H., 19 Mar 1911, (accident: 08 Mar 1911), aged 41, Repairer, Fall of roof on road. While barring down roof a stone fell and rolled against his leg ; although the skin was not broken the bruise became septic and death ensued in 11 days from cellulitis and general blood poisoning