Penllwyngwent Colliery

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Badcock, Arthur, 02 Oct 1914, aged 38, Surface Labourer, As he was ascending a ladder for the purpose of getting to the top of the gas producer bunker he fell off on to the floor 18 feet beneath and fractured his skull

Barnett, James, 01 Jun 1933, aged 44, Collier, Two men were clearing fall and other asked to help move large stone into gob and while turning it knocked out post causing fall of roof

Champion, Harry, 13 Nov 1929, aged 32, Haulier, Coming out of stall with horse when stone fell from roof and pinned to ground — skull fractured

Edward, John, 01 Apr 1927, aged 35, Traffic rider, Found under first tram of journey which was in charge of rider — legs fractured and fatal shock

Evans, James, 17 May 1927, aged 42, Master haulier, Eight trams unshackled from main journey and ran back striking him at parting

Evans, Peter, 10 Aug 1909, aged 30, Repairer, He slipped, and was crushed by trams in an attempt to jump out from a set of trams in motion up an inclined roadway. He had received permission to ride, and was on his way to procure suitable timber for repairing a roadway

Godding, Idris, 04 Jun 1914, aged 18, Slummer, He slipped and fell in front of a full journey of trams and was run over and killed. Apparently he was running past the trams as they were moving, with the intention of overtaking the overman, for whom he had a message

Kembrey, Frank, 10 Apr 1924, 12.20 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 20, Haulage Hand, His job was to watch the endless rope haulage to see that all was going well. He was found under an empty journey of five trams, three of which had passed over him. It is assumed he slipped and fell in front of the journey

Meyrick, Thomas, 09 Feb 1910, aged 45, Collier, Crushed by runaway trams on endless rope haulage road while walking out. The Clutch attaching the trams to the rope failed and allowed the bogey and four empty trams to run wild. Three other men were injured [More information ...]

Phillips, Enoch, 15 Jul 1914, aged 40, Repairer, He was walking down an incline when five empty trams ran wild, and in trying to open a door to allow the trams to pass through he was crushed by them against the frame of the door

Stanford, J., 18 Nov 1927, (accident: 07 Nov 1927), aged 42, Repairer, Boring hole struck by stone from edge of road — injured spine. Died 18th

Townsend, William, 14 Feb 1912, aged 35, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof on road. When walking along a main road, the roof fell upon him, killing him instantly

Williams, George, 08 Oct 1913, aged 30, Roadman, Fall of roof at mouth of stall road. He was laying rails in a new stall road when the roof fell upon him. Some timber appears to have been withdrawn from under this ground

Wilson, Matthew, 09 Feb 1910, aged 41, Collier, Crushed by runaway trams on endless rope haulage road while walking out. The Clutch attaching the trams to the rope failed and allowed the bogey and four empty trams to run wild. Three other men were injured [More information ...]

Winterburn, Frank, 30 Jul 1913, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A large stone fell from the roof, evidently loosened by an upthrow fault near