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Talwrn Colliery
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| Location: | Wrexham 3 miles [5 km] WNW of Wrexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 117 Chester and Wrexham) SJ287515, 53° 3' 21" N, 3° 3' 47" W |
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| Owners: | Vron Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal. |
| 1896 - Coal. | |
| 1900 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 99 (82 below, 17 surface) |
| 1896 - 35 (26 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1900 - 106 (96 below, 10 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Jones, John, 18 May 1903, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was sitting down on side of roadway, about twelve yards back from the face, when a stone fell upon him from a slip in the roof, capping a prop. The roadway had been propped on each side, which by examination they had considered sufficient | |||||
| Jones, Robert, 27 Nov 1891, aged 45, Banksman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was sending timber down the pit and after signalling to the engineman to "lower down," he attempted to push the timber farther into the cage his foot slipped and as he fell the top of the cage caught him | |||||
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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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Talwrn Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Talwrn Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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