Point of Ayr Colliery

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Blythin, Peter, 21 May 1891, 11.30 p.m., aged 22, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was passing along side of his coal face when a stone suddenly fell from a pothole close up to where a bar was set

Copson, James Nicholson, 04 Jul 1952, aged 43, Labourer

Dempster, Samuel, 04 Jul 1952, aged 37, Labourer

Ellis, John Edward, 02 Jun 1936, aged 36, Machine Cutter and Driller

Evans, William, 17 Dec 1908, aged 49, Collier, When engaged ripping roof coal down back in a roadway a portion of same fell upon him from a slip

Gillon, William, 10 Jan 1962, aged 29, Collier

Gregory, Thomas B., 18 May 1908, aged 55, Undermanager, When walking down a brow he got fatally crushed by a set of empty tubs, some of which were found to have left the rails

Griffiths, George G., 03 Oct 1929, aged 16, Pony driver, Killed by horse — injured forehead and broken nose

Griffiths, John, 23 Apr 1904, aged 36, Leader, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. A tub of coal had got off the rails with the pony driver, and when it had been got on the rails, a fall of roof occurred, capping three bars and fatally injuring deceased. The timber was probably disturbed when the tub left the rails, as the adjoining timber appeared in good order

Hill, Edward James, 04 Jul 1952, aged 31, Working at Surface

Hughes, George, 26 Jan 1894, aged 21, Loader, Inspection made and inquest attended. The props had been taken out for getting the top coal down and while they where cleaning the coal that had fallen some more top coal gave way to a slip which they had failed to secure and which came upon the deceased before they could clear themselves [More information ...]

Hughes, Joseph, 21 Oct 1909, aged 55, Roadman, He was engaged enlargening the downbrow when a portion of side coal fell over the sprag upon him from a break

Hughes, Joseph, 21 Mar 1918, aged 34, Byeman, Killed by a fall of roof

Jenkins, Lewis, 23 Nov 1899, aged 46, Manager, Inspection made and inquest attended. Two miners using safety lamps were driving a heading which made gas very freely, when a small iron wedge flew back, breaking a lamp glass, causing an explosion of firedamp, which injured the two men, and setting the brattice on fire. An hour later when the manager and underlooker were trying to put out the buring brattice, a second explosion took place causing their death [More information ...]

Jones, Edward, 11 Jun 1930, aged 39, Collier

Jones, George, 28 Dec 1895, aged 62, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attend. They were engaged repairing and propping a roadway the roof being coal when he ventured to get some loose coal beyond where he had timbered the roof coal falling upon him from between two slips running along each side of his road

Jones, Goronwy, 04 Jul 1952, aged 30, Labourer

Jones, Maelgwyn, 15 Mar 1941, Chief Shunter

Jones, Robert, 23 Apr 1932, (accident: 05 Apr 1932), aged 53, Fireman

Jones, Thomas Ivor, 25 May 1925, aged 17, Pony driver, Crushed between full tubs on haulage road

Jones, William, 26 Jan 1894, aged 20, Loader, Inspection made and inquest attended. The props had been taken out for getting the top coal down and while they where cleaning the coal that had fallen some more top coal gave way to a slip which they had failed to secure and which came upon the deceased before they could clear themselves [More information ...]

Jones, William, 06 Feb 1935, aged 64, Timberman

Jones, William Henry, 14 Aug 1911, aged 20, Wagoner, Fall of roof. When a tub was being filled by Williams near to the working face, a fall of top coal and dirt thirty feet by twelve and a half feet by seven and a half feet occurred from the roof of an old drift and killed both him and Jones. Two slips were known to exist and props said to have been set from five to six feet apart were all knocked out by the fall. The old drift had been newly crossed in order to open another place off the side of it. This is a case where bars might have prevented the fall [More information ...]

Lloyd, Robert William, 08 Oct 1921, aged 57, Deputy, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

McDonald, David, 01 Aug 1923, (accident: 31 Jul 1923), aged 71, Fireman, died as a result of injuries received

McPartland, Patrick Joseph, 04 Jul 1952, aged 28, Leading Miner

Parry, Peter, 01 Jul 1903, aged 60, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged holing at the face, the coal being over six feet thick, when a fall of coal came over from a slip, capping two sprags, and fatally injuring deceased

Parry, Robert James, 13 Dec 1915, aged 31, Labourer, Fractured leg by falling down

Pearson, Samuel, 23 Nov 1899, aged 46, Underlooker, Inspection made and inquest attended. Two miners using safety lamps were driving a heading which made gas very freely, when a small iron wedge flew back, breaking a lamp glass, causing an explosion of firedamp, which injured the two men, and setting the brattice on fire. An hour later when the manager and underlooker were trying to put out the buring brattice, a second explosion took place causing their death [More information ...]

Perry, Percy, 04 Jul 1952, aged 33, Labourer

Price, James, 06 Jun 1904, aged 40, Shot-lighter, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased attached the electric cable to the charge in the shot-hole, when another shotlighter who appeared to have been assisting him, owing to it being a wet road, fired the shot with the battery, thinking the deceased had retired to a safe place. Breach of Special Rules, for which the other shotlighter was prosecuted and convicted

Roberts, John Henry, 04 Apr 1952, aged 41, Miner

Williams, James, 05 Jun 1913, (accident: 27 May 1913), aged 25, Filler, Whilst the deceased was engaged filling a tub of coal near the face in the Five Yard seam, he was requested by the collier to stand back to allow him to pull down a portion of loose coal off the face. It appears the coal in falling knocked out a 7-foot prop which struck the deceased in the abdomen causing a slight injury, from the effects of which he died on 5th June

Williams, John Daniel, 14 Aug 1911, aged 22, Loader, Fall of roof. When a tub was being filled by Williams near to the working face, a fall of top coal and dirt thirty feet by twelve and a half feet by seven and a half feet occurred from the roof of an old drift and killed both him and Jones. Two slips were known to exist and props said to have been set from five to six feet apart were all knocked out by the fall. The old drift had been newly crossed in order to open another place off the side of it. This is a case where bars might have prevented the fall [More information ...]

Williams, William, 16 Sep 1944, (accident: 12 Sep 1944), aged 59, Coal Cutter