North Blaina Colliery

Brewer, William Herbert, 11 Oct 1903, aged 25, Furnaceman, Fall of side. Deceased had charge of a temporary furnace and was required to carry the coal for it from a point in an old road some distance away. To save himself trouble he appears to have been getting coal off the road side near the furnace, and while so engaged a large stone fell on him from the side. It occurred between Saturday evening and Sunday morning when he was found to have been dead some hours. He was alone in the mine and had not been seen by anyone for 9 or 10 hours, which does not seem satisfactory

Davies, James, 30 Jan 1911, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof at working face

Dowzell, George, 29 Mar 1892, aged 49, Collier, While preparing a place to set a prop under a bad piece of roof, it fell upon him. He put off doing the work too long, although aware that it was needed

Gore, Thomas, 19 Oct 1895, aged 20, Locomotive cleaner, While engaged shunting on branch railway for some unknown reason he got between the buffers of two wagons and in doing so received injuries which resulted fatally. In consequence of the absence of the regular shunter he was working overtime

Green, James, 20 Jan 1913, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. As he was preparing a place for a post, a "bell" stone fell out upon him

Hatton, Thomas, 15 Jun 1882, aged 42, Collier, After pulling down some coal the top began to work and, whilst hesitating which way to run for safety, the top fell upon him

Marshall, Frank, 14 Mar 1894, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof coal (3' x 2' x 1' 10") near the face of his working place. He was endeavouring to get it down and having failed with a pinch bar he went under it to get a wedge and as he was returning the fall occurred and killed him

Meredith, William, 08 Nov 1906, aged 49, Collier, A lump of coal fell down the shaft from the surface, and, breaking on the cover of the cage, a piece struck him on the head while entering it at the bottom, and fractured his skull

Morgan, Herbert, 10 Jun 1909, aged 54, Collier, Heavy fall of roof clift and rock in consequence of a clay slip, and the timbering distance fixed by the manager being too great. Nine feet apart is at times sufficient, but occasions like this occur when the stone is too thick to allow of judging by sounding, and unexpected slips are met with ; to guard against these conditions closer timbering is required

Morgan, James, 31 Mar 1882, aged 57, Collier, A piece of coal he was drawing down fell, and knocked out a prop, which caused the roof to fall upon him

Morgan, Thomas, 15 Aug 1887, aged 47, Fitter, Crushed by descending cage at pit eye, while engaged at the pump door. It resulted through a confusion of signals and there not being a proper division or fence between the pumping and winding parts of the shaft

Oldham, William John, 20 Feb 1894, aged 3, [Not employed], Messrs. J. and W. Stone, North Blaina Colliery. — William John Oldham, not quite three years old, was on the 20th February fatally injured by railway trucks which were being shunted for loading purposes. This accident, like several others which come annually under this heading, is attributable to the unfenced condition of many of the branch railways in the midst of populous districts. The highway crossing near the scene of this accident appears to me a very dangerous place, and I am surprised that the County Council allows it to continue as at present [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Silman, Thomas, 02 Mar 1915, aged 45, Fireman, Suffocated by firedamp

Thomas, William, 30 Nov 1894, aged 25, Haulier, While stooping to sprag his journey where he had taken it too far on a steep piece of the road he stumbled and fell in front of the trams which went over him

Williams, James, 13 Mar 1900, (accident: 09 Oct 1899), aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof in his working place injured his spine. Death resulted on the 13th March, 1900