	Park Slip Colliery	Index	Park Slip Colliery

Park Slip Colliery

Location:	Tondu, Bridgend 16 miles [25 km] ESE of Swansea
Map Ref:	(Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS893845, 51° 32' 53" N, 3° 35' 48" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	North's Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Household.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Household.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 116 (78 below, 38 surface)
	1896 - 268 (210 below, 58 surface)
	1900 - 456 (364 below, 92 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Park Slip Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

26th

Aug

1892

Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, 112 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Baker, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Baker, W., 19 Dec 1872, aged 23, Collier, Killed by a tram, which fell on him while ascending
						Barnett, Henry, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Berwick, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Berwick, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Bowen, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Bowen, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Bowen, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 13, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Bromham, Moses, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Burnell, Israel, 23 Nov 1899, aged 22, Repairer, [Fall of roof] On road, rock, 10 ft. x 12 ft. x 16 in thick, fell from the slip of a fault while enlarging the heading. New seam [More information ...]
						Burnell, Robert, 23 Nov 1899, aged 50, Repairer, [Fall of roof] On road, rock, 10 ft. x 12 ft. x 16 in thick, fell from the slip of a fault while enlarging the heading. New seam [More information ...]
						Burrows, Alfred, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Carter, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Chapel, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 26, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Cockram, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Cockram, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Cockram, Lewis, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Cockram, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Condon, John, 28 Sep 1880, aged 21, Hitcher, Struck by a broken chain on a jig
						Curtin, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Daniels, David, 28 Aug 1892, (accident: 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 18, Trammer, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Daniels, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						David, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 48, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						David, Evan, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						David, Phillip, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, Benjamin, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 23, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 51, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, Enoch, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 52, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, John, 07 May 1891, aged 18, Trammer, Fell down an incline 18 yds. long dipping 18 ins. per yard. He had just pushed a tram over with his back holding the brake lever with one hand and it is possible that his clothes caught the angle iron on the corner of tram
						Davies, Richard, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, Richard, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Davies, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 48, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Dawkins, Thomas, 14 Aug 1879, aged 56, Collier, Killed by fall of coal
						Down, Edward, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 38, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Driscoll, Elijah, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Driscoll, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Dunster, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 29, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Edwards, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 42, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Evans, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 23, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Gibbon, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Gibbs, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hanley, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hanley, Jonathan, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 26, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Harrhy, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Henson, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Henson, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hopkin, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hopkins, Evan, 29 Aug 1892, (accident: 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 15, Hitcher, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hopkins, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hopkins, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Howell, Elias, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Howell, Elias, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Howell, William, 03 Apr 1884, aged 31, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Humphreys, Edward, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Hurley, Henry, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jacobs, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jacobs, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jenkins, David, 18 Nov 1887, aged 18, Jigger, Run over by a tram which he was attempting to take down a short but steep incline
						Jenkins, Jenkin, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						John, James, 09 Jul 1873, aged 22, Collier, Killed by fall of roof
						John, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 57, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jones, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jones, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jones, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jones, Evan, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jones, Thomas, 03 Apr 1884, aged 48, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Jones, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Jones, Thomas, 21 Apr 1901, aged 42, Rider, Slipped and fell as he was walking up main slip, taking the empty rope up from one stage to another, and injured his head. A post mortem showed that the brain had been injured so as to account for death
						Jones, William, 13 Dec 1869, aged 48, Labourer, Killed on engine plane by trams
						Jury, William, 25 Jun 1900, 7.30 a.m., aged 43, Assistant repairer, Fall of roof. On road, rock, 30 ft. x 3½ ft. x 12 ins. thick, from between two "slips," while he was cleaning the road. New seam
						Lovell, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 43, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lowman, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 38, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lukins, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lyddon, Albert, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 26, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lyddon, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lyddon, Henry, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lyddon, Herbert, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lyddon, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Lyddon, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Major, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Martin, Arthur, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Mitchell, Henry, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 49, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Morgan, Evan, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Morgan, Lewis, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 68, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Morgan, Morgan, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Morgan, Price, 15 Sep 1898, aged 58, Blacksmith, Killed by the collision of an empty journey with another in which deceased and several others were riding. Three others were injured. It appeared to me the journey which caused the fatality got away owing to the attendant having neglected the stop-blocks but this he denied at the inquest [More information ...]
						Morris, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 48, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Nichols, Charles, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Orchard, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 43, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Osborne, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 63, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Painter, Joseph, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Painter, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Powell, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 42, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Powell, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Rees, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Richards, James, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Roberts, Frederick, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Roberts, Griffith, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Roberts, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Rosser, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Rosser, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Saunders, Herbert, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Stenner, Charles, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 39, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Stenner, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 37, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Stenner, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Strick, Henry, 28 Aug 1892, (accident: 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Tackle, George, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Taylor, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 39, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Thomas, David, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Thomas, Ivor, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Thomas, John, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 57, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Thomas, Rees, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Thomas, Thomas, snr., 31 Aug 1892, (accident: 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 41, Collier, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Warren, Christopher, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Webster, Robert, 29 May 1883, aged 18, Trimmer, Suffocated
						Webster, Robert, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Webster, Robert, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Webster, Thomas, 30 May 1882, aged 74, Lamplocker, Fall of roof
						Webster, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 23, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Williams, Gwilym, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Williams, T., 13 Jan 1869, aged 32, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone
						Williams, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Williams, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Williams, Thomas, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Williams, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 38, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]
						Williams, William, 26 Aug 1892, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp, By an explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]

						129 names found

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Memorial Images:

Memorial: 1892 Park Slip Colliery Disaster

Credits

Sources:

1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website