South Rhondda Colliery

Allen, Charles, 08 Jul 1897, aged 15, Collier boy, Fall of roof at face, while filling a tram, a stone fell and killed him on the spot. No. 3 seam

Barnes, William, 08 Apr 1914, (accident: 05 Apr 1914), aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof at working face from unseen slants. He died April 8th, 1914

Butler, Thomas, 07 Nov 1911, aged 36, Fireman, Fall of side on road, while he and the manager were examining a place where a fall had occurred

Butt, T. B., 28 Sep 1894, aged 17, Collier's boy, Fall of roof (rock) at face of stall. The fall was fully 100ft. in area from 2ft. to nothing in thickness. Five props supposed to have been stood under it. No. 3 seam. Pillar and stall

Dacey, John, 05 Dec 1914, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof at face

Davies, William, 13 Jul 1910, (accident: 12 Jul 1910), aged 24, Fireman, When crossing the shaft instead of going by the proper travelling road he was caught by the descending cage and so severely injured that he died next day

Donovan, Patrick, 10 Dec 1912, (accident: 14 Sep 1912), aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof at face, causing scalp wounds and fractured thigh. He died from his injuries on December 10th, 1912

Elias, Evan M., 31 Mar 1897, aged 19, Collier, Crushed by runaway trams, an iron sleeper placed against the last one to hold them after the rope was detached having failed to do so and the trams ran down to the face of a dip

Howell, James, 13 Jun 1901, aged 32, Haulier, Found dead under a water-tram, having apparently fallen off and been run over

James, David, 21 Oct 1912, aged 50, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof on roadway. He was assisting to rip the roadway to get more height, and in passing under the edge of this a stone fell from a cross slant and killed him

Jenkins, George, 09 Dec 1902, 9.30 p.m., aged 33, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, clift, 14 ft. by 6 ft. by 2¼ ft. thick, fell as deceased's partner was propping it preparatory to setting double timbers under it. Some low timbers had been knocked out on the previous night, and the lower bed of roof ripped down, but the timbers were not replaced, as they should have been, before allowing the roof to break up. No. 2 Rhondda seam

Jones, John, 19 Aug 1910, aged 22, Repairer, While repairing road he received a fatal shock from a cable used for working a pump, while pulling a piece of disused signal wire from the side of road it either cut the insulation of the cable or came in contact where the insulation was defective ; 450 volts

Pheasant, James, 12 Jul 1898, aged 46, Repairer, Fall of roof on road clift 6ft x 5ft.x 2ft near where a shot had bean fired to rip the roof. There were side props. No. 3 seam

Pyne, John, 20 Oct 1913, aged 27, Collier, Fall of side at working face

Short, William, 19 Oct 1894, (accident: 08 Oct 1894), aged 59, Collier, Fatally burned by explosion of powder while about to charge a hole. Died 19th October

Thorngate, Henry, 03 Feb 1903, 10.30 p.m., aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, rock, 14 ft. by 9 ft. by 21 ins. thick, fell and crushed out two props. There ought to have been at least two more props set under it. The fireman said that he examined the place 20 minutes before the fall occurred. No. 3 Rhondda seam