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Adams, William, 12 Jan 1911, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof at working face, A "bell stone" fell on him while he was setting a post under it

Ashton, John, 11 Aug 1876, aged 24, Collier, Suffocated by gas [More information ...]

Bailey, James, 15 May 1880, aged 42, Labourer, He was employed to carry timber from the saw-mill to the depot, a train on the main line attracted his attention, and he was run over by some empty waggons which were being let down to the pit

Baldwin, Edgar, 03 Feb 1899, aged 24, Riber, When coupling railway waggons which were being let down from the screens, he fell, and one of the wheels passed over his leg, rendering amputation necessary. He died under the operation

Barry, James, 22 Feb 1904, aged 23, Collier, Fall of side. He apparently knocked out a sprag to allow the coal to draw or loosen, instead of which the coal fell at once and crushed him against the gob

Bond, John, 10 Feb 1899, aged 48, Collier, Died on the 10th February from influenza and blood poisoning. There was an attempt to attribute the blood poisoning to a scratch on his thumb received while at work at New Tredegar Colliery, but the medical evidence did not support this view of the case [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Bounder, William, 19 Sep 1885, aged 24, Journey rider, Run over by trams. He worked on to a rise heading into which about half way down a level opens. A stop block is fixed here which he ought to have closed but he omitted to do so and later on five trams accidentally started from the top without being coupled

Boundy, Frederick, 21 Nov 1893, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal from face. He was pulling down some coal from the face when it came off further than expected and falling caused injures from which he died 10 days later. On making inspection of this part of the mine I found gross laxity in respect of stetting sprags. The manager promised that he would deal with the responsible officials in this case as well as the men with the result that the overman and eight colliers signed apologies which were printed and posted up at the works as a warning for the future. If the officials, overmen, and examiners take no more notice of what goes on in their districts than they appear to have done with regard to spragging in this one and to timbering in that in which the accident occurred on the 3rd. June it is simply waste of money to have then there at all pretending to see that the provisions of the Act are compiled with and grave responsibility will rest upon the owners agent and manager

Boyer, William, 11 Jun 1910, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof while repairing his stall road

Burns, Charles Leonard, 26 Oct 1914, aged 42, Underground Fitter, He was run over and killed by a horse and full tram as he was repairing a blowing joint in a compressed air pipe which was laid by the side of a heading road

Butler, Charles, 18 Nov 1910, aged 48, Ripper, Crushed by journey at junction of roads on engine plane while walking out

Clarke, Burton, 26 Aug 1905, aged 33, Sinker, In consequence of an error of the engineman a bowk full of bricks, which was being lowered into the sinking, struck the "runner," and tilted some of the bricks down the shaft, 19 ft, in diameter, where deceased and 12 others were engaged walling at a depth of 330 yards

Combes, Edwin, 22 Nov 1884, aged 14, Collier, Fell down shaft. When stepping on to the cage to go to his work in the morning his foot slipped on the plate, and he dropped between the upright of the cage and the guide rope, and fell down the pit

Connell, Walter, 31 Aug 1911, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof on road adjacent to conveyor face. The stone appeared dangerous before the accident and the fireman's attention had been drawn to it, but no precautions taken

Dando, James, 16 Dec 1871, aged 27, Collier, Fall of stone

Dare, Thomas, 13 Jan 1911, Mason Sinker, Fall of roof where arching was being turned away from the bottom of a sinking pit ; the fall displaced a staging on which he was standing, causing him to fall into the sump

Davies, Charles J., 23 Jan 1886, aged 14, Collier, Fall of roof

Davies, David, 08 Jun 1885, aged 57, Pumpman, He was employed to look after the donkey engines at the shaft bottom and was walking from one to another about 5 a.m. when he met a haulier bringing a horse and two trams of rubbish to the shaft

Davies, James, 17 Mar 1894, aged 40, Labourer, While riding on a set of empty trams which was being riding down an incline from the level of the pit bank to the lumber yard they got off the rails. He was thrown off and crushed by the trams which resulted in his death. Riding here is alleged to have been prohibited but the order does not seem to have been enforced by the surface foreman

Davies, James, 09 Dec 1914, aged 14, Collier Boy, Fall of roof in face of stall road as he was filling a tram of coal

Davies, John, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Davies, William, 11 Jul 1894, aged 23, Hitcher, While engaged at the bottom of the shaft with a full tram the cage was drawn up and he was crushed against the guides &c. and fell several yards down the shaft. There seems in have been some bungling about the signals to the enginemen

Davies, William, 26 Mar 1897, aged 22, Rider, He fell from the tram on which he was riding up the engine plane in front of the journey and was run over

Davis, William, 11 Sep 1858, aged 28, Haulier, Explosion of firedamp; gas had accumulated in consequence of a door being left open [More information ...]

Davis, William, 11 Sep 1858, aged 24, Haulier, Explosion of firedamp; gas had accumulated in consequence of a door being left open [More information ...]

Donovan, Cornelius, 22 Sep 1892, aged 20, Haulier, Run over by the journey on the engine parting No. 1 Pit bottom while fetching some timber from near the shaft to be used for the enlargement of the stables. It is difficult to see how the accident occurred at this place seeing that the space was from 4½ to 5ft wide on one side and two manholes 8 yds apart on the other. The journey was travelling slowly being near its stopping place

Edwards, Arthur, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Edwards, John, 25 Oct 1872, aged 12, Door boy, Crush of trams

Edwards, Joseph, 03 Jul 1857, aged 38, Mason, Thrown out of tub in shaft by it striking against timber

Edwards, Major T., 28 Apr 1911, aged 30, Engineman, While oiling an eccentric strap his clothes caught in a set pin on a revolving shaft and he was carried around

Edwards, Samuel, 26 Nov 1866, aged 36, Windroadman, This man and another were set to clear a fall and one of their locked lamps went out. Whether they were were relighting it against the rules it did not transpire but some gas fired and Edwards died of suffocation. There was no mark on his body

Edwards, William, 24 May 1913, (accident: 17 May 1913), aged 25, Ripper, Fall of roof on heading. He was ripping some low roof at the entrance to a stall road, and as he was leaning down to clear the rail, for the horse to pass, a loose stone fell upon his neck. He died on May 24th, 1913

Evans, David Henry, 12 Nov 1872, (accident: 11 Nov 1872), aged 13, Door boy, Crush of trams on the 11th ; died on the 12th

Evans, John, 21 Apr 1913, (accident: 13 Nov 1912), aged 50, Timberman, Fall of side when repairing a level road. He died on April 21st, 1913. A post mortem examination showed that death was due to tubercular peritonitis, which, according to medical evidence, was accelerated by the accident he received

Evans, Thomas, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Evans, William, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Greenway, Frederick, 22 Apr 1903, aged 20, Shunter, An engine was returning with a number of coal-laden wagons from the Powell Duffryn Company's New Tredegar Collieries to the Rhymney Railway on Wednesday afternoon. When approaching the main line to join another part of the train he by some means was caught by the wagons and instantaneously killed

Griffith, Thomas, 23 Aug 1861, aged 40, Sinker, Fell out of bowk in the sinking pit

Hall, William John, 20 Apr 1901, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof in his working place in consequence of being insufficiently timbered

Hammonds, M., 07 Nov 1883, aged 30, Collier, A stone fell from between two slips and killed him

Harlow, Daniel, 08 May 1895, aged 25, Rider, He was standing on the engine plane intending to stop the empty journey after it passed a branch road from which he was going to take a loaded tram by means of a short rope to be attached to the journey. When the last tram came to the points at the parting it got off the rails and knocking against the props caused a pair of timbers to fall together with a quantity of roof which buried him and caused his death

Harn, John O., 26 Feb 1884, aged 17, Collier, Fall of stone. There was a large slant running parallel to the stall, and the place seemed safe and was well timbered ; but the top suddenly fell as he was fetching a wedge for the collier

Hill, Thomas, 08 Apr 1885, (accident: 19 Feb 1885), aged 30, Haulier, Injured by falling under a tram as he was starting from a double patting. His spine was dislocated and he died of the injury on April 8th

Hinder, Edward, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Hinder, Trevor, 27 Nov 1879, aged 18, Engineman, A tram ran wild on engine plane underground and he lost his presence of mind and was run over though he was close to a reguge hole

Hopkins, William, 21 Mar 1901, aged 17, Ripper, Run over by a tram on a roadway where he was assisting to clear rubbish. He must have slipped and fallen in front of the tram which he and his comrade were letting down the road, slowly, to suit themselves at their work

James, James, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

James, Samuel, 26 Jun 1862, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof whilst setting prop

James, Thomas, 03 Jun 1872, aged 13, Trapper, Crush of trams

Jeffreys, Luke, 18 Sep 1889, aged 48, Examiner or fireman, Suffocated in fire-damp. He went into a small cutting through a fault to knock, with a view to ascertaining how far it was from a place which was being driven to meet it, for ventilation ; he left his safety lamp a few yards back, clear of the gas

Jenkins, Benjamin, 24 Feb 1880, aged 15, Engineman, The engine was on the centre and he reached over to turn the fly wheel without shutting off the steam when the engine started he was dragged in and crushed

Jenkins, Samuel, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

John, Williams, 22 Mar 1867, aged 15, Door boy, Fell under trams of coal and was so severely injured as to require amputation of the leg and three fingers. The terrible sufferings he was unable to survive

Johnson, William, 19 Nov 1884, (accident: 05 Nov 1884), aged 35, Haulier, Injured by a fall of stone, and died on the 19th. He was sitting with others on a double parting when a stone rolled off the side and injured his back

Jones, Benjamin, 27 Mar 1865, aged 28, Collier, Fall of stone. The unfortunate man had his safety lamp fastened to him and this fall of stuff drove so forcibly into his chest as to cause immediate death

Jones, Isaac, 07 Sep 1866, aged 13, Door boy, Full trams passed over him and crushed him to death

Jones, James, 13 Aug 1903, aged 26, Haulier, He was riding on the gun between the tram and the horses shafts up a rise of about an inch in the yard. The pin somehow came out and he was found partly under the tram which had dropped back against the bar-hook which prevented its running down the road

Jones, John, 26 Mar 1867, aged 34, Collier, He was preparing a shot in hard ground when the powder suddenly ignited. It is feared he was using a steel picker

Jones, John, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Jones, John, 07 Jul 1884, aged 52, Hitcher, A lump of coal fell off the cage, which had just landed at the top, and bounded off the top of the bottom cage, and struck him on the forehead, killing him on the spot

Jones, Llewellyn, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Jones, Mary, 26 Mar 1906, aged 64, Mary Jones, 64, was found dead on the Rhymney Branch Railway leading to New Tredegar Colliery, on the 26th March, having been run over during shunting operations [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Jones, Philip John, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Jones, Richard, 08 May 1878, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, Richard, 08 Jul 1892, aged 35, Labourer, He apparently became entangled with the drum of the winding engine as he was found under it. He had been stationed to watch some temporary repair which had been effected in connection with the indicator crank and should have been outside the crank fencing. For what purpose he went inside the fence is not known

Jones, Thomas, 06 Jun 1880, (accident: 29 May 1880), aged 56, Labourer, A tram he was tipping fell through a hole, and in attempting to save it he fell after it. He died on June 6th

Jones, William, 26 Mar 1907, 5.25 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 33, Examiner, Fall of roof in the Big Vein, near the entrance to the airway at the Top Heading of the new haulage district on No. 1 side of the pit. While alone making his examination, before the commencement of the day shift, he was caught under the fall probably while trying to get past the place instead of going round by another road. As he did not return at his usual time, search was made, and he was found completely buried at this point where he had just passed a tram containing timber

Jones, William, 26 Jan 1910, (accident: 22 Dec 1909), aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof at working face, causing injury to spinal cord. Died 26th January, 1910

Jones, William Henry, 02 Nov 1914, aged 36, Haulier, Owing to the horse he was driving running wild, he was run over and fatally injured. He died on November 6th, 1914

Keaton, M., 06 Aug 1875, aged 40, Haulier, Crushed by trams

Lewis, John, 28 Apr 1893, aged 40, Collier, Fell from the cage while ascending. He and others having reached the shaft after the cage had been signalled away got in contrary to the Special Rules, and upon the cage being drawn up he seems to have fallen out. It is a large roomy cage but apparently he cannot have got settled in before the cage was drawn up, and probably some of his clothes caught in the guides or byatts

Light, Charles, 15 Aug 1877, aged 21, Blacksmith, Killed by falling under trams on his way to the stables. He had just descended the pit

Long, George, 21 Aug 1879, aged 57, Collier, Fall of roof

Miller, William John, 08 Jul 1924, 3.0 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 19, Assistant Collier, He and his father were engaged in setting a post and bar as timber supports on their road, and as he was hammering the bar into position a slab of stone, weighing about ½ cwt., broke off from an unseen slant in the roof. He was struck on the head and died shortly afterwards. Oil flame safety lamp used

Moore, Thomas, 28 May 1885, (accident: 26 May 1885), aged 17, Door boy, Injured by falling under a tram and died on the 28th. He was walking backwards in front of the horse when he fell and the train ran over him

Morgan, Edward, 03 Jan 1865, aged 35, Shifter, Sudden fall of stone from roof

Morgan, Edwin, 14 Nov 1866, aged 12, Trapper, Killed by a fall of stone and rubbish

Morgan, Frank, 18 Apr 1904, aged 26, Haulier, Fell and was run over by a full tram, which he was taking out from a heading. He was walking in front of the horse and apparently became confused on meeting another journey as he was turning from his stall road into the heading. Exactly what knocked him down is unknown, but probably he stumbled

Morgan, Ivor S., 11 Feb 1909, aged 33, Assistant Timberman, Fall of side in the Yard Seam, No. 2 District, where they were strengthening timber set the previous night on a double parting. The timberman he was working with had had 20 years' experience, and had examined the place with the examiner about half an hour before the accident happened, and decided on the work being done

Owen, Thomas, 02 Jun 1905, aged 45, Engineman, When moving a partially laden tram on an inclined road, he lost control and was run over by it

Pearce, Llewellyn, 11 Sep 1858, aged 30, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp; gas had accumulated in consequence of a door being left open [More information ...]

Peters, John, 16 Dec 1878, He died suddenly on the surface at the New Tredegar Colliery. He was not employed there [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Powell, John Price, 19 Feb 1885, aged 32, Screener, He was lowering an empty waggon down to the screens sitting on the buffer with his foot on the brake as his custom was and his head got crushed between the waggon and the iron support of the screen. He had been employed at this work about 18 months

Prangley, Moses, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Price, David, 19 Apr 1859, aged 45, Collier, Killed in a stall, in censequence of a slip or "back" which caused about six tons of coal to fall on him

Price, George Thomas, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Pride, William, 09 Dec 1889, (accident: 14 Jun 1889), aged 23, Haulier, He was apparently only slightly injured by a tram which he fell in front of having slipped off when riding out on it, he died 9th. Dec. The evidence was unsatisfactory as to whether death resulted from the effects of the accident but as it was probably more or less due to this cause I have included it

Rees, George, 20 Mar 1903, aged 52, Labourer, He was overpowered and run over while endeavouring to stop an insufficiently spragged tram of rubbish which was being put into an old stall road for stowage purposes. The haulier was apparently more or less to blame in the matter

Rees, William, 06 Aug 1865, (accident: 05 Aug 1865), aged 12, Door boy, Fell down before horse on 5th. Tram went right over him and injured him. Died this day

Reeves, David J., 20 Oct 1898, aged 15, Collier, Fall of roof from a slip and smooth joint in a road where he was clearing rubbish

Regan, Jeremiah, 26 May 1886, aged 60, Labourer, Run over by waggon on surface. He had been casting small out of a waggon and in crossing the line another waggon joined up and caught him between the buffers he was facing the moving waggon and had plenty room on both sides

Richards, Jonathan, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Richards, Pryce, 22 Feb 1892, aged 46, Contractor, He was travelling up an engine plane in the dark, and was run over by the full trams. He was probably riding on the rope in front of the journey and slipped off, thus getting under the trams

Richards, Richard Owen, 17 Jun 1908, aged 21, Haulier, Fall of roof and timbers at a double parting where a fall of roof had previously occurred, and to secure which cogs had been put in above the double timbers. A stone 5½ feet by 4½ feet appears to have come out and knocked over the cogs, which were not tied together, and caused the under timbering to also give way. There was clearly an error in not connecting these cogs for stability

Richards, William, 03 Nov 1855, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof

Riley, George, 20 Sep 1913, (accident: 19 Sep 1913), aged 36, Timberman, Fall of roof on road. As he was clearing a fall, another came down, discharging several pairs of timber ; he tried to escape, but ran against a tram and was caught and fatally injured. He died the following day

Roberts, Brindley, 10 Oct 1912, aged 21, Pumpman, He was found lying across the middle crank of a three-throw pump, dead; the crank in revolving had caused internal injuries

Roberts, Hugh, 07 Dec 1904, aged 35, Shackler, The first of a journey of eighteen full trams coming up an engine plane dip got off the rails, and resulted in the breakage of the large link of the bridle or bull chain. The flying rope struck him and broke his leg badly, causing great loss of blood, from the effects of which he died on the 11th December. It also struck and injured the master haulier. Some of the men who had attended the St. John of Jeruselam's Ambulance Classes rendered first aid, but without being able to stop the bleeding

Saunders, George, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Saunders, Henry, 29 Dec 1898, aged 23, Collier, Fell from the descending cage. There seems every reason to think that this was the result of a fainting fit to which he was subject but whether it was so or not cannot be definitely ascertained. It in any case comes under the Coal Mines Regulation Act

Scott, William, 28 Nov 1910, aged 41, Collier, Fall of side on road while repairing it

Seers, Ernest, 19 Feb 1908, aged 19, Collier, On his way out to the pit after finishing his shift, he was run over by a full journey the engine plane. There appears to have been great want of discipline and order with regard to the men going up the incline at the end of the shift, the deceased having been passed by a number of men in their wild rush without being seen. (Mechanical haulage)

Sellick, Stephen, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Shellard, William, 28 Nov 1860, (accident: 12 Nov 1860), aged 45, Labourer, Explosion of firedamp on the 12th and he died on the 28th. The masons were walling a trial pit sunk near bottom of pumping shaft, when one of the men took off his gauze, which exploded the gas and the scaffold was upset and they all fell to the bottom, though Shellard alone received serious injury

Smout, John, 15 Aug 1914, aged 42, Fireman, In attempting to get into the bottom deck of a cage at the pit bottom, before the cage came to rest, and as it was dropping into the sump hole, he lost his footing, and was crushed between the rim of cage and collar board of landing

Swankoe, William, 14 Jan 1865, aged 16, Door boy, Fell down in front of a tram which went over him and killed him

Terry, John E. L., 27 Sep 1905, aged 32, Haulier, He seems to have stumbled or fallen in front of and was run over by some full trams which were being drawn by a horse into a double parting on a flat portion of the engine plane

Thomas, Arthur, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Thomas, John, 06 Jun 1854, aged 25, Sinker, Fell down the pit

Thomas, John, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Tippett, James, 22 Jan 1891, aged 14, Collier's boy, Fall of coal from the face. It came off at a slip and fell upon his head while in a stooping position. There was a sprag set within a yard of the lump but the slip rendered it ineffective

Trollop, Thomas, 23 Oct 1871, (accident: 11 Oct 1871), aged 35, Collier, Crush of trams on the 11th ; died on the 23rd

Watkins, John, 12 Nov 1909, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof at the face as he was taking the length of prop necessary. He seems to have delayed setting the prop too long

Watkins, T., 29 Aug 1883, (accident: 20 Aug 1883), aged 57, Bratticeman, A tram got off the way and knocked out a prop which struck him on the head ; he died of heart disease accelerated by the accident on the 29th

Watts, Ernest, 28 Feb 1907, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof at the face of a Barry work, in the Yard Coal, while engaged in getting it down. The coal is about 3 feet thick, with clod 2 feet 3 inches thick above it. The clod was overhanging and being insufficiently timbered was released by a slip, which may or may not have been visible, breaking off at a prop. He worked with his father who was in charge of the place, and a brother

Welsh, Daniel James, 03 Jun 1893, aged 16, Collier, Fall of roof in the Yard Vein. Result of insufficient timbering. There are numerous slips in this roof and in this case although the officials had been in the place during the shift they appear to have taken no particular notice and might as well have not been there. I was much dissatisfied with supervision in this case

Wheeler, William, 09 Dec 1880, aged 27, Collier, Fell off the ascending cage when about 40 yards from the surface. He was supposed to have had a fit

White, Henry, 23 Feb 1901, aged 33, Pitman, While ascending the shaft on top of the cage with a pipe which he was taking up, he appears to have fallen, or overbalanced from some unexplained cause, and was crushed against the side. Although the cage was stopped immediately, when he was released life was extinct

Wiggins, William, 01 Nov 1905, aged 19, Assistant Timberman, Fall of stone from the roof where he and a timberman were repairing a dip heading. They had cut out old timber and pulled out, as they thought, all the loose stone, and considering the place safe they did not intend to reset timber

Williams, David, 05 Feb 1895, aged 38, Timberman, While engaged preparing for some new masonry where old arching had been taken out an ironstone ball weighing about 30 pounds fell from the roof and killed him on the spot

Williams, David, 18 Mar 1911, aged 15, Collier boy, Fall of roof at working face. A stone fell on him from cliff top in the face of the rippings. In view of a well defined and visible slip, the roof should have been timbered at the face

Williams, G., 06 Feb 1877, aged 61, Collier, Fall of roof

Williams, George, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Williams, John, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Williams, Morgan, 04 Dec 1900, aged 44, Ripper, As he was passing a journey of full trams it started, and there not being much room at the side he got on the shackling or coupling, from which he fell and was run over

Williams, Roger, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Williams, Thomas, 06 Feb 1879, aged 14, Collier, Fall of stone

Williams, Thomas J., 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Williams, W., 05 Dec 1881, aged 23, Haulier, In lifting a tram on to a road dipping about 3 inches per yard it overpowered and crushed him

Williams, William, 03 Dec 1875, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Williams, William, 01 Dec 1913, (accident: 28 Nov 1913), aged 69, Lampman, As he was seeking refuge to allow an empty journey to pass, his clothing caught in the trams and he was dragged down and injured. He died on December 1st, 1913