	Rhosamman Colliery	Index	Rhosamman Colliery

Rhosamman Colliery

Location:	Brynamman 13½ miles [22 km] NNE of Swansea
Map Ref:	(Sheet 160 Breacon Beacons) SN732140, 51° 48' 36" N, 3° 50' 22" W
Opened:	1910
Closed:	1927
Owners:	Rhosamman Colliery Co., Ltd.
Employment:	1923 - 138 (107 below, 31 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Rhosamman Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

3rd

Jan

1924

Explosion, 7 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!

						Davies, James T., 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 33, Hard Heading Man [More information ...]
						Davies, W. M., 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 24, Hard Heading Man [More information ...]
						Hughes, George, 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 54, Contractor [More information ...]
						Jones, Ioan, 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 17, Helper [More information ...]
						Jones, T. T., 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 45, Hard Heading Man [More information ...]
						Jones, W. T., 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 42, Hard Heading Man [More information ...]
						Morris, Evan George, 08 Dec 1913, (accident: 23 Jul 1913), aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof at face of narrow road as he was trimming the rib. The fall came away from a slip in the roof over the coal rib. His spine was fractured. He died on December 8th, 1913
						Thomas, Glyn, 03 Jan 1924, 11.15 p.m., aged 30, Hard Heading Man [More information ...]

						8 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , were killed in 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.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rhosamman Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rhosamman Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), 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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Swansea Division (No. 7) by W. J. Charlton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]