	Rose Hayworth Colliery	Index	Rose Hayworth Colliery

Rose Hayworth Colliery

Location:	Abertillery 10½ miles [16 km] E of Merthyr Tydfil
Map Ref:	(Sheet 161 The Black Mountains) SO205057, 51° 44' 38" N, 3° 9' 4" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Lancaster's Steam Coal Collieries Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal.
	1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (150,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 0 [Included in South Wales]
	1923 - 930 (800 below, 130 surface)
	1933 - 780 (700 below, 80 surface)
	1940 - 780 (700 below, 80 surface)
	1947 - 765 (641 below, 124 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Big, Elled
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Beach, John, 06 Dec 1886, aged 25, Collier, Explosion of firedamp
						Blackie, William, 27 Jun 1888, aged 12, Collier's boy, Fall of coal at the face of his working place from slips which the collier alleges could not be seen previously
						Clarke, Henry, 26 Aug 1911, aged 22, Collier, Fall of side at working face while barring coal down
						Dean, Derwyn, 22 Apr 1911, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof on road while passing place where repairs were being done
						Dykes, Arthur, 18 Jul 1910, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof at working face, some top coal discharged two sprags and knocked out a post and fell on him
						Hambleton, Meshach, 23 Jun 1899, aged 39, Stallman, Fall of coal from the face in his working place, in consequence of insufficient spragging
						Hyde, Daniel, 19 Aug 1882, (accident: 18 Aug 1882), aged 25, Haulier, He attempted to cross the carriage at the top of the pit, after the banksman had given the signal to go on, and his head was bruised against the flat sheets. He died the following day
						Johnson, William, 10 May 1899, aged 50, Surface labourer, Died suddenly on the 10th May ar Rose Heyworth Colliery from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Jones, Thomas, 08 Mar 1897, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof while he was engaged baring down part of it in his working place
						Jones, Thomas, 17 Dec 1897, aged 28, Timberman, Fall of roof in consequence of a steel girder giving way in the main road where he was engaged repairing. The girder was not crushed down by the fall of roof (a very small one compratively), but was rather shoved over when loosened by the work deceased was engaged upon
						Jones, William, 09 Nov 1914, aged 16, Collier Boy, Fall of side at working face, the coal breaking a sprag which was supporting it
						Morris, William, 15 Feb 1912, aged 27, Rider, A journey of 18 trams was being hauled into the workings. On the front tram were ten 6-feet sticks and three 9-feet collars. One of these pieces of timber became displaced and struck deceased, fatally injuring him

						12 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), South Western District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian