Plaskynaston Colliery

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Ashton, Richard, 06 Nov 1876, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof

Barclay, John, 08 Sep 1874, (accident: 29 Aug 1874), Carpenter, Dislocated ankle and other injuries through ladder slipping in engine house. (died 8th Sept)

Brown, Matthew, 10 Jun 1890, aged 32, Filler, Inspection made. A large piece of coal was suddenly forced from the face by a crunch and it knocked out a prop which struck deceased on the neck

Comnock, Christopher, 03 May 1869, aged 45, Banksman, Whilst tipping a tub of coal, the apparatus broke down, and he fell on the railway

Crippin, Robert, 08 Aug 1873, aged 34, Collier, Fall of dirt while setting a prop

Davies, Anthony, 10 Aug 1877, aged 33, Collier, Fall of coal

Davies, James, 15 Nov 1873, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal while drawing a sprag

Davies, John, 02 Aug 1877, aged 36, Collier, Crushed by trams at bottom of incline

Davies, Luke, 16 Feb 1885, aged 15, Tub greaser, Inspection made and inquest attended. Some timber was being sent down the pit and to enable them to put it into the cage the fence had been raised and fastened up. Deceased had greased a tub and was placing it ready for the banksman but pushed it too far

Davies, Thomas, 29 Sep 1879, aged 25, Collier, He was repacing a broken prop and accidentally knocked out the temporary prop from under the bar letting several bars and a large quantity of roof down on him

Edwards, Edward, 11 Apr 1869, aged 18, Collier, An explosion [More information ...]

Edwards, George, 04 Oct 1876, aged 19, Drawer, Fall of coal

Edwards, Owen, 21 Jan 1873, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof

Edwards, Samuel, 07 Mar 1885, aged 55, Collier, Inquest attended. Deceased was slightly injured by a stone which he neglected to pull down when told by the manager. He walked home and had a poultice put on but going on soon after in the cold inflammation of the lungs set in

Evans, Evan, 17 Oct 1877, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof

Evans, William, 23 Jan 1882, aged 18, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was riding on tubs up an incline, Contrary to rules when he caught his head against a bar

Felton, Richard, 10 Feb 1868, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof

Hughes, James, 07 Oct 1871, aged 54, Collier, A full tub running down an inclined plane

Hughes, Robert, 19 Sep 1857, Collier, Fell down the shaft

Hughes, Thomas, 17 May 1851, Suffocated by chokedamp

Jones, Edward, 10 May 1870, aged 52, Miner, Fall of roof

Jones, Edward, 27 Oct 1882, aged 26, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased with others were engaged in cutting a road through into an old level and had just made a hole through when some water broke out and deceased was washed down the road and drowned

Jones, Llewellyn, 13 Apr 1896, aged 22, Engine fitter, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased got out of the cage at the main coal mouthing and after short conversation with the foreman he turned around to re-enter the cage to go to the surface again but it appears to have gone the wrong side (where there was no cage) and fell down the shaft a distance of 50 yd with a safety in his hand. The colliery was not working raising coal on that day

Jones, Richard, 24 Jan 1882, aged 41, Collier

Lees, Samuel, 08 Jun 1865, aged 20, Hooker-on, He was standing in the pit eye when the cage descended and hit him

Morris, Robert, 07 Apr 1883, aged 37, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was taking a piece of coal off the side of his level to straighten it, when there was a sudden heavy fall of top coal from between three "slips." The place was fairly well timbered

Robert, Evan, 18 Nov 1852, aged 26, Falling off the cage in ascending the shaft, supposed to have been in a fit

Roberts, Edward, 28 Aug 1874, aged 23, Collier, Fall of coal

Roberts, Thomas, 16 Dec 1872, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof

Rowland, Thomas, 29 Jan 1873, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof

Stamford, Edward, 22 Sep 1880, aged 52, Shunter, Crushed against a waggon whilst attempting to unhook the horses

Thomas, William, 01 Sep 1868, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof

Thomas, William, 23 Feb 1886, aged 50, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was preparing to set a prop under some top coals when they suddenly fell on him

Vaughan, Owen, 27 Sep 1873, aged 54, Collier, Fall of coal in No.1 pit in Wall and Bench mine

Williams, Thomas, 31 Jan 1868, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal

Williams, Thomas, 01 Apr 1875, aged 17, Taker off, Crushed by tubs

Wynn, Richard, 08 Mar 1876, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Wynn, William, 21 Jan 1876, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof