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Amos, Harry, 06 May 1908, (accident: 11 Mar 1908), aged 27, Collier, Fall of side. At face ; a small piece of coal struck him on the leg, but it did not prevent him working on the two following days. He was absent until the 30th March, when he reported to the manager that he had received an injury. On the 10th April he was removed to the Swansea Hospital, where he died on the 6th May from blood poisoning. Brass vein. Safety lamps

Bevan, William, 19 Mar 1907, (accident: 17 Mar 1907), aged 48, Mechanic, He had been engaged in plumbing the South pit winding shaft to test positions of the wire guide ropes, and was on the staging at pit bottom when a cage came down upon him, and so crushed him that he died in two days' time. It appears that the cage had left the surface to convey a pumpman to a lodgeroom in the shaft, and was expected to return to the surface again. It being a Sunday there was no banksman in attendance at the surface

Birt, Charles, 25 Mar 1943, aged 56, address: Seven Sisters [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 26 Mar 1943 pg 5 col 6] [More information ...]

Davies, Arthur, 28 Jun 1906, aged 37, Collier, Fall of side. At face ; he was struck on the head by a piece of coal, weighing about 12 lbs., which caused concussion of the brain, and he died from shock in a few minutes. Big vein

Davies, David, 03 Nov 1886, aged 38, Repairer, Fall of stone while engaged in repairing an airway

Davies, William M., 27 Nov 1911, aged 19, Haulier, While riding on the gun and bringing out eight trams of coal, the front one left the rails and was overturned by the load behind, causing Davies to be crushed

Edmunds, T., 28 Dec 1929, (accident: 27 Aug 1929), aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof while working coal. Died 28th Dec

Evans, David A., 27 Jan 1925, aged 15, Collier boy, Fall of roof and side knocked him against tram, he was filing — neck broken

Evans, Thomas, 13 Nov 1889, aged 16, Haulier, Fall of roof (coal) 9ft. x 6ft. x ft. on road. Two pairs of double timbers discharged. An empty tram had been upset on side road, and in passing with a loaded tram it struck the empty and knocked out the arm of a pair of timbers

Evans, William J., 25 Mar 1943, aged 32, address: Seven Sisters [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 26 Mar 1943 pg 5 col 6] [More information ...]

George, Phillip, 25 May 1893, aged 16, Collier's boy, Crushed between the buffers of trucks while attempting to pass between them a locomotive having at that moment joined the trucks

Gethin, Owen, 10 Nov 1907, aged 55, Shotman, Explosion of fire damp or coal dust [More information ...]

Harries, Morgan, 25 Mar 1943, aged 41, address: Seven Sisters [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 26 Mar 1943 pg 5 col 6] [More information ...]

Harris, Evan, 10 Nov 1907, aged 39, Overman, Explosion of fire damp or coal dust [More information ...]

Harris, John, 08 Jun 1911, 2 p.m., aged 30, Collier, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust

Hooper, John, 03 Oct 1904, (accident: 18 Nov 1903, 10 a.m.), aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while stowing rubbish a stone from the clift roof fell alongside a "kind" joint, causing injuries from which deceased died on 3rd October, 1904. Four feet seam

Hopkin, R., 12 Oct 1877, aged 21, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Howells, Thomas, 16 Jan 1890, aged 29, Collier, Fell out of cage while ascending shaft

James, D. H., 25 Jun 1888, aged 45, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

James, Herbert, 30 Oct 1882, aged 13, Collier's boy, Killed by an explosion of firedamp

John, Joseph, 28 May 1903, aged 18, Rider, Found dead between side of road and journey of loaded trams, having apparently fallen off while riding. Riding was not permitted, according to the manager's statement

Jones, Edward, 10 Nov 1907, aged 45, Hauler, Explosion of fire damp or coal dust [More information ...]

Jones, John, 04 Dec 1889, aged 62, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff), 6½ft. dia. 10 ins. thick tapered to a thin edge all round at face where there were no props set up. 4-ft. seam, 3ft. thick Pillar and stall

Jones, John K., 07 Mar 1927, aged 29, Collier, Fall of coal discharged from a sprag which supported a slip. Killed instantly

Jones, Leslie, 25 Mar 1943, aged 17, address: Swansea Valley [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 26 Mar 1943 pg 5 col 6] [More information ...]

Jones, Morgan Hugh, 10 Nov 1907, aged 33, Overman, Explosion of fire damp or coal dust [More information ...]

Lewis, T., 19 Oct 1876, aged 19, Collier, Killed by going past danger signal into gas. Deceased left his safety lamp behind, and went into gas, and was suffoctaed

Lewis, William, 26 Aug 1879, aged 15, Collier, They were descending the pit when the cage caught in a beam and precipitated them down the shaft [More information ...]

Morgan, Daniel, 07 Oct 1927, (accident: 25 Jul 1927), aged 75, Repairer, Collecting clod stubs to be sent in by journey he thought it was an empty journey on its way inbye and crossed to manhole opposite when full journey on its way out caught him — both legs fractured. Died 7th Oct

Morgan, Morgan, 08 Sep 1896, aged 51, Fireman, Fall at face (10ft. x 8ft. x 6ins. thick). A shot had blown out a prop from under this roof. Four feet seam

Morris, E., 29 Jul 1875, aged 30, Sinker, Killed by falling down shaft

Reed, William John, 25 Jun 1903, (accident: 23 Jun 1903), aged 25, Labourer, Died on 25th June from acute croupous pneumonia, the result, according to the evidence, of a blow on the chest from a tram at top of pit

Thomas, John, 26 Aug 1879, aged 20, Collier, They were descending the pit when the cage caught in a beam and precipitated them down the shaft [More information ...]

Thomas, John, 17 Feb 1887, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof (strong clift) at face while filling a tram

Thomas, John William, 10 Feb 1909, (accident: 13 Jan 1909), aged 53, Fireman, Fall of side. While on his round of inspection, accompanied by the manager, and walking along a coal face, a piece of stone and coal fell from the side, causing injuries from which he died on the 10th of February. Nine Feet Seam. Safety lamps

Thomas, Morgan, 25 Mar 1902, 3 p.m., aged 62, Roadman, While standing on side as a "journey" was about to pass it left the rails and the second tram caught and killed him on the spot. There was a space of 5½ ft. between the rail and side where he stood, and a man-hole on the opposite side

Thomas, Thomas, 26 Aug 1879, aged 29, Collier, They were descending the pit when the cage caught in a beam and precipitated them down the shaft [More information ...]

White, Henry, 03 Sep 1912, (accident: 30 Aug 1912), aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. Working a skip of coal at the side of a heading, when a stone fell from the roof, causing fatal injuries from which he died on September 3rd, 1912

Williams, Philip, 10 Nov 1907, aged 17, Collier, Explosion of fire damp or coal dust [More information ...]

Williams, Thomas, 02 Apr 1878, aged 13, Haulier, Killed on surface by drum-chain

Williams, William, 25 Mar 1943, aged 58, address: Neath [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 26 Mar 1943 pg 5 col 6] [More information ...]

Williavers, F., 10 Nov 1883, aged 56, Fireman, Fall of roof