Tydraw Colliery

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Clatworthy, Thomas, 30 Jul 1914, (accident: 27 Jul 1914), aged 48, Collier, As he was lowering a full tram of coal from the face of his stall by means of a chain, the post underneath the ripping, to which the pulley was attached, broke and the tram ran wild and the brake post striking him, he was injured so severely that he died on July 30th, 1914

Collins, Charlie, 20 Mar 1914, aged 31, Assistant Collier, Fall of roof in his working place. His comrade had knocked out a post in the centre of the road as a shot was to be fired after the shift which they had completed. Deceased went under the roof, which had been supported, and was killed by the fall

Coxhead, George, 23 Nov 1905, 8 p.m., aged 48, Assistant Repairer, Deceased and another man were standing on the empty road of a parting, waiting for a haulier to take a full tram into the other road. In passing the pointers, a stone fell and startled the horse. It pulled the tram into the wrong road and crushed the man against the side. It was thought that in starting forward the horse kicked the pointer and so provided a way into the wrong road

Davis, Evan, 06 Apr 1869, aged 36, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Evans, John, 10 Feb 1910, aged 42, Farrier, Deceased fell out of the cage while descending the shaft alone. He had complained shortly before of feeling weak and giddy. Fence bars were provided for the ends of the cage, but the banksman omitted to put them in position, his excuse being that deceased was in a hurry and told him it did not matter

Hamilton, Henry, 01 Mar 1911, aged 26, Hitcher, Struck on head by something falling down the shaft, probably a piece of coal, but nothing was found to account for the accident

Havard, Lewis, 29 Apr 1910, aged 41, Haulier, Fall of roof on a stall road. The fall discharged three settings of sound timber

Hitchings, William George, 22 Mar 1908, (accident: 21 Mar 1908), aged 15, Engine boy, Deceased's cravat became entangled with the driving shaft of a picking belt at the screens, and, before the engine could be stopped, he had sustained such serious injuries that he died on the following day. This shaft runs under the flooring of the screens, and to have been caught by it he must have climbed on top of some wagons of rubbish which were standing under the platform. He had no oiling to do, and had been instructed not to leave the engine house

James, Daniel, 05 Apr 1911, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A stone 7 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet, under which he had just set a post, fell on him ; another man was injured

James, David Aaron, 17 Jun 1924, 2.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 60, Roadman, About 20 men were at the pit bottom, at the end of the shift, waiting to ascend, as soon as coal raising had been completed. A journey of seven full trams of coal was being lowered on a haulage plane with a gradient outbye of 1 in 7, and when about 190 yards from the pit, the pin of the shackle became detached between the first and second trams, causing the first tram to run wild. It was stated that the tram ran through two runaway switches and crashed into the men waiting at the pit bottom. James was killed outright and Richards died on the 26th June from his injuries. Several of the other men were injured [More information ...]

Jeffreys, John, 11 Dec 1895, aged 63, Collier, Fall of clift, 2½ft. x 10ins. x 2½ft thick from rise side of heading at edge of a top hole 10 yds back from face. Two feet seam, pillar and stall

Jones, Edward, 28 Dec 1891, aged 27, Collier, Fall of clift and coal while holing without sprags. Deceased was turning a stall off side of heading with 3ft. of ripping. 2-ft. seam; 22 ins. thick. Pillar and stall

Jones, Elias, 03 Jan 1924, 2.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 42, Assistant Hard-heading Man, He and another man were pushing up an empty tram to the face of a hard heading. He turned aside to insert sprags in the tram wheels, when a stone fell from a false slip and false cleavage in the roof and killed him outright. Oil flame safety lamp used

Jones, Thomas, 26 May 1914, aged 15, Assistant Collier, Fall of roof at face of his working place

Jones, William, 10 Aug 1909, (accident: 09 Aug 1909), aged 41, Overman, Fall of roof. Deceased and a repairer were examining the roof of a double parting when a piece of cliff, 15 feet by 10 feet by 4 feet thick, crushed out two pairs of timber and fell on them. Deceased died on the following day ; the repairer recovered

Jones, William Rees, 01 Feb 1925, (accident: 31 Jan 1925), aged 33, Shackler, Walking out when he was knocked down by horse. Died 1st Feb

Lloyd, John, 07 Jul 1909, aged 54, Labourer, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 8 feet by 5 feet by 12 inches thick, fell on him from between two parallel slants and from an irregular smooth above. It was unsupported though surrounded by posts. Five feet seam

Mason, William Isaac, 23 Oct 1924, 8.0 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 25, Haulier, He was taking a full tram attached to a horse along a heading when the tram got derailed, struck against an arm, and discharged a pair of timber. This was followed by a fall of roof, which caught the haulier and killed him outright. He was apparently riding on the gun. Electric safety lamp used

Miles, Llewellyn, 27 Nov 1914, aged 51, Fireman, He was crushed to death as he was standing at the side of a dip haulage road owing to the down-going trams becoming derailed at the spot

Rees, Thomas, 29 May 1908, (accident: 15 May 1908), aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, about 15 lbs. in weight, fell from the face of the rippings, and cut deceased's head slightly. He worked two days afterwards. He was medically attended, but in a fortnight died in an epileptic fit. The doctor said that the cut on the head was the primary cause of the fit. Four feet seam

Richards, Iorwerth, 13 Dec 1911, aged 15, Collier boy, Fall of side at working face. While he and his cousin were preparing to set a sprag against overhanging rippings a fall occurred and killed him

Richards, John, 26 Jun 1924, (accident: 17 Jun 1924, 2.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 33, Rider, About 20 men were at the pit bottom, at the end of the shift, waiting to ascend, as soon as coal raising had been completed. A journey of seven full trams of coal was being lowered on a haulage plane with a gradient outbye of 1 in 7, and when about 190 yards from the pit, the pin of the shackle became detached between the first and second trams, causing the first tram to run wild. It was stated that the tram ran through two runaway switches and crashed into the men waiting at the pit bottom. James was killed outright and Richards died on the 26th June from his injuries. Several of the other men were injured [More information ...]

Thomas, Thomas, 10 Jun 1904, 9 a.m., aged 19, Engineman, Fall of side. On road, cliff, 7½ ft. by 5½ ft. by 15 ins. thick, fell off the side of an enginehouse cut out of the side of a haulage road. It was quite unsupported. Yard seam