Tir Pentwys Colliery

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Bailey, George, 08 Sep 1910, aged 37, Rope splicer, Fall of roof on a haulage road. A pair of timbers and a pulley frame were knocked out by a journey of trams leaving the rails, and while the place was being repaired a large fall occurred discharging 6 pairs of timbers. Two other men were injured [More information ...]

Baldwin, George, 27 Jul 1907, 5.30 a.m., After shift hour of shift, aged 40, Labourer, Run over on the colliery company's private line by the colliers' train, in which he and others were travelling from their work. The loco. driver had placed his engine at the rear end of the train, and forgot to couple it to the carriages before starting. From the level siding at the colliery, about 60 to 100 yards in length, on which the train was standing, there is an incline of 700 yards in length at a gradient of 1 in 57, and the carriages appearing to get out of control a number of the men jumped out. Deceased, in doing so, in some manner got under the carriages. The men in the guard's van, on realising what had happened, applied the brakes, and quickly brought the train to a stand on the level road at the bottom of the incline. The accident happened through the loco. driver, who was in charge, neglecting to couple the engine with the carriages, there being no guard

Bessell, Cyril, 08 Oct 1927, Fall of stone

Bowen, Augustus, 02 Nov 1921, Killed by a fall of roof

Bowen, H., 03 Nov 1904, aged 38, Repairer, Fall of side. He was working with a timberman cutting out ground for a side wall, one side had been dressed back, and this one was being prepared in the same way. When loosening a stone behind an arm a bump occurred which caused six pairs of timber to be discharged. These timbers, although strongly lagged and heavily weighted with stone and rubbish, were loosened by the cutting out of the side, and once started fell over like a pack of cards

Britain, Henry, 06 Jun 1899, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof from slips in his working place. The want of one prop where it should have been set was the cause of this man's death. Supervision was apparently at fault

Brookes, George, 13 May 1919, Fall of quantity of stone

Brown, David, 03 Jun 1898, (accident: 08 Nov 1897), aged 51, Carpenter, Fell from the scaffolding used in erecting framework for new screens on the surface. He died on the 3rd June 1898

Cooke, John, 03 Apr 1898, (accident: 11 Sep 1897), Tram rider, Died on the 3rd April from pneumonia. He is alleged to have strained his back when lifting a tram on the 11th September 1897 but continued to work until the 29th January, when he ceased work

Cutter, Alfred, 07 Feb 1918, Killed by a fall of roof

Dando, George, 25 Aug 1904, (accident: 24 Aug 1904), aged 40, Haulier, George Dando, 40, haulier, is alleged to have strained himself when at work at Tirpentwys Colliery on the 24th August. He died the following day from the bursting of an ulcer in the stomach. [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Davies, Percy, 23 May 1916, Timber fell on head

Davies, William, 19 Mar 1920, Fall of coal and clod

Dowding, Benjamin, 03 Apr 1929, Struck on head by brick

Dowding, William Benjamin, 05 Apr 1929, (accident: 03 Apr 1929), aged 39, Stoker, Came out of pump room and passed under bridge when a workman throwing bricks to boiler one of them bricks caught his head. Died 5th

Evans, George, 04 Apr 1891, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof. A large stone fell from a pot or bell mould close to the face

Evans, James, 05 Feb 1926, Fall of rubbish

Ford, Frederick Gilbert, 15 Mar 1914, (accident: 25 Feb 1914), aged 16, Collier Boy, He stumbled over a fallen post and slightly hurt his foot and arm. He died of blood poisoning on March 15th, 1914

Foxwell, Joseph, 09 Feb 1894, aged 26, Collier, Run over by trams in the Tillery workings. He and another collier were engaged taking a skip of coal off a pillar at the side of a road down which a haulier was taking a load of trams. The latter alleges that deceased in reply to him before he started down this part of the road stated that they were all clear. Had he been up in his working face he would have been clear on the other side of the rails there was 3 feet space at the side of the rail and 11 feet lower down there was a stall road off the heading into which he might have gone out of the way

Gardiner, William, 01 Jun 1924, (accident: 01 May 1924, 9.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 19, Collier, He was working at the face when he slipped and his knee struck the handle of his shovel. His knee became inflamed, and he died from septic poisoning on the 1st June. Electric safety lamp used

Griffiths, James, Nov 1904, (accident: 10 Feb 1904), aged 43, Collier, Fall of side. Fall of ground where he was engaged repairing, and which the examiner had ordered him to get down. Apparently he thought he would first set the pair of timber on which he was engaged, but while making room for the arm the stone fell and crushed him. He died from general tuberculosis in November

Harris, Edward, 03 Jun 1915, Fall of roof

Harris, William John, 05 Dec 1906, aged 15, Collier Boy, Fall of roof on the road about 12 yards back from the face of the heading and opposite the entrance to a stall road. The full tram was being pushed out by the collier, as the road was crushed and too low for the horse. At this point a very heavy fall occurred directly over the tram and caught the boy who was standing at the comer of the stall road. A repairer was working close to the spot, preparing for standing double timber, and whether his work brought about the fall, or the tram disturbed the double timber, is uncertain. The other men had very narrow escapes

Hassell, Arthur, 10 Jan 1918, Fall of clod

Hawkins, William T., 08 Oct 1902, aged 17, Collier's Boy, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Hayes, Sidney A., 01 Dec 1906, aged 14, Collier's Boy, He was sparring with another boy who had been chaffing him. When running after the latter he ran against a sprag, which clearly was not securely set, and knocked it out causing the coal to fall upon him. The sprag had been up from the day previous, and the manager and overman passed it a few hours before, when, as they allege it appeared to be in order

Hoffman, George, 19 Dec 1925, (accident: 17 Dec 1925), aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 19th

James, William, 11 Aug 1923, Fall of rubbish

Johns, Sydney, 27 Mar 1923, Crushed by trams

Jones, John, 22 Apr 1913, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. As he was clearing up the rubbish after a shot had been fired, a fall came upon him from two unseen slips

Jones, Richard, 12 Mar 1919, Killed by a fall of roof

Lewis, Percy Albert, 06 Dec 1912, aged 23, Haulier, He was overpowered and killed by a tram which he tried to stop running wild down a heading road

Lloyd, Daniel, 30 Apr 1900, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal from the face owing to insufficient spragging

Lloyd, James, 08 Oct 1902, aged 26, Collier, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Mahoney, Nicholas, 24 Mar 1906, aged 15, Collier Boy, He was filling coal out from the lower side of his working place, A stone fell from the roof, 10 or 12 feet from him, and knocked out several pieces of timber, one of which struck him on the neck and killed him. The collier had evidently delayed securing his place too long, but was at the time in the road preparing a post

Miller, William, 05 Sep 1901, aged 19, Collier, Fall of coal and clod in his working place ; he had accidently knocked out the sprag from under it

Nelms, Jacob, 31 Oct 1902, aged 60, Collier, A small piece of roof fell and broke his middle finger, pneumonia supervened. Deceased had a very weak constitution, otherwise the accident would not have been serious

Parson, James, 08 Oct 1902, aged 27, Collier, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Pearce, George, 27 Jan 1922, Kicked by a horse

Pepler, Joseph, 30 Mar 1929, Strain — brain haemorrhage

Price, James, 16 Nov 1904, aged 43, Roadman, He appears to have been riding up the main slope from where the journey started. Before it got clear of the parting he fell off, and was run over by the last tram. It is strongly alleged that riding was prohibited, but as the roadman who should report anyone doing so was at the parting when the journey started, it is hardly imaginable that the man would have acted as he did, unless he knew that the roadman was slack in the matter

Price, John Edward, 08 Oct 1902, aged 21, Collier, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Price, Rupert, 28 Nov 1913, (accident: 21 Nov 1913), aged 26, Collier, Fall of side at the working face. In pulling down coal and clod, a post was discharged. The post in falling struck him in the forehead causing a fractured skull. Died November 28th, 1913

Richards, John, 26 Oct 1893, aged 47, Sinker, There were five men in the bottom of the sinking pit lighting shots and having down so they got into the kibble or bowk and signalled to be wound up. While doing so the signal rope broke and as the engineman paused before starting to wind up they were about to get out to extract the fuses from the holes. Richards and a man named Matthews had got out when the engineman commenced drawing up the kibble or bowk he then caught the side of the kibble which was drawn up about 40 yards before they could give a signal leaving Matthews in the bottom. Before they could get the kibble properly to the mouthing which there is at this place he let go and fell to the bottom. Matthews marvellously escaped almost uninjured. Previous shots (in rock) are supposed to have caused damage to the signal rope which escaped detection

Roberts, Owen, 08 Sep 1910, aged 41, Labourer, Fall of roof on a haulage road. A pair of timbers and a pulley frame were knocked out by a journey of trams leaving the rails, and while the place was being repaired a large fall occurred discharging 6 pairs of timbers. Two other men were injured [More information ...]

Rudge, Grantley, 08 Oct 1902, aged 21, Collier, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Strong, John, 08 Oct 1902, aged 16, Collier's Boy, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Strong, William H., 08 Oct 1902, aged 20, Collier, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Strong, William H., 08 Oct 1902, aged 42, Collier, The accident was caused by the loose board on the top of the upcast shaft casing for closing the aperture through which the rope passed and had play room for surging being drawn up to the pulley and knocking the rope off it, on to the gudgeon or axle ; the sudden strain, bend, and jerk being quite enough to account for the rope breaking. The rope was a good one; breaking strain when tested afterwards 36 tons ; working load, 4 tons ; original breaking strain of rope, 40 tons. It had been working two years and four months [More information ...]

Symonds, George, 30 Nov 1905, (accident: 20 Oct 1905), aged 50, Haulier, George Symonds, 50, haulier, at Tir Pentwys Colliery, died on the 30th November from cancer. It was alleged that he had strained himself when at work on the 20th October, but according to medical evidence even had such been the case it could have had nothing to do with the cause of death [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Thomas, Albert John, 20 Jan 1924, (accident: 11 Jan 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 15, Collier's Helper, He was getting down a piece of coal in a 7 ft. 6 ins. seam, when a sprag became dislodged and a large piece of the coal, which consequently fell out, caught him. He died from his injuries on the 20th January. The lad had been previously warned by the collier not to get down any coal. Oil flame safety lamp used

Thomas, James, 30 Mar 1897, aged 34, Haulier, Run over by trams, having apparently been riding on the gun or horse limbers and fallen off in front of the trams

Tutton, William Henry, 09 May 1906, aged 21, Collier, While engaged in holing, a piece of coal, about 8 feet in length, broke off, and apparently discharged two sprags, killing deceased and slightly injuring the boy who worked with him

Walsh, Albert J., 02 Oct 1907, (accident: 01 Oct 1907, 11.45 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 14, Collier's Boy, Fall of coal from the face, as the Collier — his uncle — was cutting the rib ; the coal rolled down a slope about 3 yards and caught him in the back. It was not thought to be serious at first, as he was able to walk, but he died on the following day

Ware, C., 14 Aug 1881, aged 18, Fireman, He was assisting his father to repair the pumps, and pulled the staging on which they were standing too violently to the side, and it swung back and jerked him off before he could recover himself

Webb, William, 10 Dec 1921, Fell down shaft

Weeks, Charles Henry, 11 Jan 1896, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof from slips while preparing to set timber under it

Williams, Morgan, 24 Oct 1929, (accident: 16 Oct 1929), aged 62, Haulier, Banking a horse when he stumbled to side jumping on his collar bone. Died 24th

Woolfall, William, 17 Nov 1933, aged 34, Collier, Fall of stone