Tareni Colliery

Ayres, Arthur John, 24 Aug 1909, aged 44, Hard ground man, While stemming a shot hole charged with Rippite, soft yellow clay being used, and a wooden rammer, the charge suddenly exploded and killed him. Considerable difficulty was experienced in ascertaining the exact circumstances attending the accident ; but it would appear from evidence that considerable force was used in stemming, and probably the detonator was struck by a small stone or pebble. The charge was to have been fired electrically

Davies, Thomas, 12 Aug 1914, aged 50, Collier, When clearing a fall on a roadway pouncing and squeezing was heard, and the man was withdrawn to a place of safety 50 yards away. Soon afterwards a cloud of dust and a large quantity of firedamp came back on the men, but they all succeeded in making their escape except Davies, who was suffocated

Day, Charles, 24 Jul 1908, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; while boring a hole in the face of the coal with a hand drill, a prop gave way behind him, and a stone 4 feet 6 inches, by 2 feet 6 inches, by 1 foot in thickness one end fell from the roof, and caused him to fall heavily against the hand drill. Several ribs were fractured, and the left lung was pierced. Red Vein. Safety lamps

Griffiths, Benjamin, 01 Nov 1909, aged 18, Collier [More information ...]

Griffiths, David, 12 Apr 1926, aged 24, Haulier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Griffiths, Thomas, 27 Oct 1905, aged 34, Mason, While assisting other men, including the manager, to unload some wire-ropes from a truck, by means of a travelling crane, the crane capsized and fell upon him. Clips, to hold the crane down on the rails, had not been used in this particular instance

Harris, Evan, 01 Nov 1909, Collier [More information ...]

Hopkin, David John, 25 Jun 1913, aged 22, Collier, He was run over and killed by a tram, attached to a horse, which he was driving

Hotchkiss, Ernest William, 04 Mar 1926, (accident: 18 Feb 1926), aged 14, Surface tram oiler, Starting creeper engine his foot caught between cog wheel and side of engine bed - compound fractured ankle. Died 4th Mar

Hutchings, Arthur, 29 Jun 1908, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof. On road ; while deceased and another man were standing on a heading roadway, a fall of strong shale roof measuring 39 feet by 4 to 8 feet wide and varying in thickness from 1 foot 6 inches to nothing, suddenly occurred, killing one and injuring the other. It was said that they were about to set timber under this part of the roof of the roadway. Red Vein. Safety lamps

Jones, Daniel, 28 Apr 1911, (accident: 13 Mar 1911), aged 39, Hard heading man, While riding in a tram containing a cask of water and tools he struck his head against a low collar. Died 28th April, 1911

Lyddon, John, 07 Nov 1911, aged 29, Shotman, While walking up a heading, he was knocked down and fatally injured by a runaway tram. The tram was being filled with coal and had been insecurely fastened

Price, Edwin, 25 Mar 1927, aged 15, Assistant collier, Fall of roof at stall face

Rees, David Edward, 01 Nov 1909, aged 18, Collier [More information ...]

Rees, George, 17 Feb 1926, (accident: 16 Feb 1926), aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof - multiple fractures. Died 17th

Rees, Isaac, 01 Nov 1909, aged 38, Hard ground man [More information ...]

Thomas, Evan, 01 Nov 1909, aged 19, Collier [More information ...]

William, David, 12 Apr 1926, aged 22, Rider, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Williams, Elias, 02 Nov 1924, (accident: 30 Oct 1924, 8.5 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 38, Collier, This accident occurred on a conveyor face. The seam is 3 ft. 4 ins. thick. The roof generally is very strong, but there is clod over the coal in part of it, supported by flats. He was working at the face, when a piece of clod, 8 ins. thick, running to a feather edge, fell on him. The clod had either broken off by its own weight, or a nip of the roof had broken it. He died on 2nd November, 1924