Pencoed Colliery

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Bowen, David, 25 Mar 1895, aged 53, Pitman, While leaning over a beam in the pumping shaft to tighten a bolt in the pump rod guide he overbalanced and fell down the shaft

David, Daniel, 30 Nov 1857, aged 18, Fell down shaft (unfenced top)

Dunn, William, 13 Feb 1899, aged 64, Sawyer, Struck on the head by a piece of wood which he was sawing, the wood having broken, and a portion of it being thrown upwards by the circular saw

Evans, Charles, 11 Jul 1854, aged 50, Collier, Explosion of firedamp in "brushing out," resulting from neglect of Inspectors cautions [More information ...]

Evans, David, 22 Nov 1867, aged 55, Collier, Fall of coal

Evans, John, 11 Jul 1854, aged 12, Collier, Explosion of firedamp in "brushing out," resulting from neglect of Inspectors cautions [More information ...]

Evans, William, 01 Jan 1853, Collier, Fall of roof in the heading

Evans, William, 11 Jul 1854, aged 26, Collier, Explosion of firedamp in "brushing out," resulting from neglect of Inspectors cautions [More information ...]

Evans, William, 22 May 1873, aged 26, Collier, Killed by fall of coal

Griffith, James, 17 Dec 1888, aged 27, Labourer, Explosion of dynamite while thawing it at a fire in the carpenter's shop [More information ...]

Griffith, Llewellyn, 17 Dec 1888, aged 17, Haulier, Explosion of dynamite while thawing it at a fire in the carpenter's shop [More information ...]

Hughes, Meyle, 16 May 1861, aged 17, Collier, Fall of coal

Jenkins, Phillip, 09 Aug 1894, aged 26, Trammer, Crushed between pit bank wall and some empty trucks being moved by horses. He had just ascended the pit and had passed down a ladder on to the sidings instead of crossing the by the bridge the proper road

Jones, Daniel, 23 Feb 1897, aged 41, Repairer, Fall of roof on road while repairing where the roof had fallen to a height of thirty three feet. Four feet seam

Lewis, D. J., 14 Feb 1899, aged 14, Door boy, Fell and was run over while attempting to pass by the side of a journey. He was away from his post at the doors

Nicholls, Owen, 25 Mar 1879, aged 38, Roadman, Killed by fall of roof

Philip, David, 15 Jan 1853, Collier, Flat wire rope got off drum

Phillips, John, 26 Jul 1859, aged 22, Collier, Fall of coal

Philpott, David H., 16 Nov 1904, 2 p.m., aged 23, Trammer, While going towards the face he was met, and fatally injured, by two runaway trams on a self-acting incline. A shackle link had broken

Simon, Henry, 20 Aug 1862, aged 31, Collier, Fall of coal

Thomas, William, 30 Jul 1902, 4.45 a.m., aged 36, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, while deceased and his partner were cutting out an upright of an old pair of timbers, the roof collapsed, breaking some of the timber newly fixed, and he was smothered

Williams, William, 18 Sep 1901, aged 21, Trammer, Explosion of gas in a heading, ignited by the firing of a charge of Bulldog powder, fired by fuse [More information ...]