Tynybedw Colliery

Beynon, David, 04 Apr 1882, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof

Blayney, Owen, 08 Nov 1893, (accident: 19 Jun 1893), aged 66, Labourer, Fall of roof on a heading. There was a small stone from between the lags Nine feet seam. Died November 8th

Bullet, Henry, 05 Nov 1903, 12 Noon, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 30 ft. by 4 ft. 10 ins. by 10 ins. thick, fell while deceased was pulling down some coal. With the exception of one prop, which the stone crushed out, it was unsupported. Upper seven feet seam

Cole, W. J., 29 Jul 1890, aged 13, Door boy, Fell off shaft and was run over by tram. He had left his door and started the horse and tram in the absence of the haulier in charge of them

Davies, John, 04 Feb 1913, aged 39, Master haulier, Owing to the breaking of a pin in the D-link of the shackle, a full journey of trams, on a sloping parting, ran up against a stop block ; the front tram "upended," and a piece of flying coal from the front tram struck deceased, causing fatal injuries

Davies, William J., 01 Jul 1904, 2 p.m., aged 24, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 15 ft. by 6 ft. by 1 foot thick, fell on deceased while he was engaged at his ordinary work as a haulier. The roof was supported by side props only. Slants ran along both sides of the heading. Upper seven feet seam

Davis, John, 12 May 1905, (accident: 11 May 1905, 7.45 a.m.), aged 19, Collier, On account of the heavy gradient, 12 ins per yard, the empty was drawn up the stall, and the full tram lowered by means of a chain passed round a sheave attached to a post near the face. While lowering a tram of coal, the prop gave, the tram ran away, and the rapidly passing chain struck deceased. He died on the following day

Evans, Thomas, 25 Sep 1888, aged 45, Flueman, Explosion of firedamp

Evans, Timothy, 17 Nov 1914, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof at face. He was fatally injured by a cone-shaped stone which fell out from unseen slips

Fairbrother, James, 11 Mar 1929, (accident: 27 Jan 1929), aged 63, Roadman, Struck on head by tail rope. Died 11th Mar

Gudge, Matthew, 18 Aug 1875, aged 45, Lander, Killed by falling down shaft [More information ...]

Hopkin, Jenkin, 07 Jul 1905, 12 noon, aged 45, Haulier, Deceased was taking a tram of coal down a gradient of 1 in 9, when by some means, he got run over. He was most likely riding on the "gun" and struck his head against the roof, which, just inside of where he was found, was 8 ins. lower than the general level of the roof. At the step the height was 5 ft. 4 ins. Steps down in the roof where riding is allowed should be removed, so as to keep the roof free from inequalities

Hopkins, David, 08 Oct 1907, 6.45 p.m., aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff, 2 ft. by 2 ft. by 1½ ft. thick, fell as deceased was knocking out the second of two props from under the rippings. He had bored a hole in the rippings and charged it with Roburite. A well defined slip or slant in the roof from which the stone fell had followed the heading for some distance. Lower seven-feet seam

Howells, Ivor, 05 Jul 1924, 8.45 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 27, Haulier, He was drawing up empty trams to form a journey at the bottom of an incline, when three trams of coal came down from the top of the incline, crashed into the empties, and Howells was so badly injured that he died the same day. The brakesman stated he had received a signal to lower the full trams, and, as the empties were not attached at the bottom of the incline, the full trams ran wild. The signal was a false signal, and was probably given by a linesman, who was repairing the signal wires. Electric safety lamp used

Howells, John, 08 Nov 1893, (accident: 04 Nov 1893), aged 44, Collier, Fall of coal. Crushed against a prop by the coal as he was taking it down. Nine feet seam. Died 8th November

Howells, Thomas, 06 Mar 1894, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof (strong cliff 6ft. x 6ft. and 8 to 4½ft. thick) from edge of rippings while standing under it and barring a portion of it down. Lower Seven feet seam

James, John, 17 Jan 1903, 9.15 a.m., aged 29, Collier, Deceased and his partner were trying to push an empty tram up a gradient of 1 in 6 after the horse was detached, when he must have slipped. The tram overpowered the two men and crushed deceased against the side. His partner escaped injuries

John, George, 11 Jan 1909, (accident: 02 Sep 1908), aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof. At face. As he was preparing to set a prop, cliff, 4 feet by 2 feet by 9 inches thick, fell on him and fractured his spine in the lower dorsal region. He died on January 11th, 1909. Lower seven feet seam

Jones, Abraham, 26 Jul 1892, 11 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 33, Ripper, Fall of roof on main heading between a cog and prop 3½ft. apart

Jones, David, 13 Sep 1913, aged 56, Hitcher, He was fatally injured by being knocked down by a journey of trams when attempting to prevent their running into the sump

Jones, Edwin, 13 Sep 1906, 2 p.m., aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, cliff (rippings), 8 ft. by 4. ft. by 22 ins. thick, fell from between two slants on to deceased while he was preparing to set a post under it. A tram of coal had just previously been worked from under it. Yard seam

Jones, Rees, 14 Mar 1878, aged 39, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Jones, Thomas, 04 Jun 1878, aged 30, Banksman, Killed by falling down shaft from lodge-room

Jones, William, 06 Nov 1882, aged 20, Smith's striker, Killed by falling down shaft through the breaking of a rope [More information ...]

Jones, William, 25 Apr 1885, aged 19, Rider, Fell under trams

Llewellyn, William Phillips, 14 Dec 1927, aged 36, Collier, Fall of coal. Died same day

Maine, Thomas, 18 Apr 1913, aged 52, Collier, Fall of side at the coal face. A fall of clod came down and cut his band. He died of blood poisoning on April 29th, 1913

Morgan, William, 12 Sep 1910, aged 57, Timberman, Run over by trams running wild owing to a broken shackle

Oliver, John, 20 Nov 1911, aged 65, Ashman, Three trams became uncoupled and ran back, crushing him against a wall

Phillips, Samuel, 06 Nov 1882, aged 28, Mechanic, Killed by falling down shaft through the breaking of a rope [More information ...]

Powell, Frank, 27 Jul 1911, aged 36, Banksman, While crossing over the winding rope which passes underneath the drum, the engine started and he was caught between the rope and the drum and whirled around

Richards, Daniel, 10 Jan 1876, aged 26, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Richards, Daniel, 02 Nov 1924, (accident: 01 Nov 1924, 11.10 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 53, Master Haulier, He is presumed to have been waiting at the entrance to a heading for the return of a haulier, when he heard an empty tram running wild past him. He evidently went out to the straight road just at this time, when two more trams, containing timber, ran wild and caught him. He died from his injuries on the 2nd November. The trams had not been properly spragged. Electric safety lamp used

Roberts, Edward Stone, 28 Jun 1924, 7.45 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 19, Collier's Helper, He was in the act of cleaning up some coal and rubbish from the base of a back slip of coal in the face, to make room for a face prop, when a portion of the roof, 12 ft. in length by 3 ft. in width, fell from between an unseen smooth slant on the gob side and a fine break along the coal face. He was caught by the fall and killed outright. One prop was discharged. Electric safety lamp used

Thomas, William, 02 Apr 1908, aged 32, Carpenter, Deceased and another man, with two 10 feet planks on their shoulders, walked from behind a stack of timber on to a storage siding just as a wagon of small coal was being run into it. Neither looked round until the rear man heard the wagon coming behind him. He shouted to deceased, but only succeeded in frightening him, so that he stepped into danger instead of out of it

Unknown, -, 05 Feb 1876, Collier, Killed by fall of stone

Williams, William, 04 Apr 1891, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof strong clift 14ft. long, from 2 ft. to 2½ft. wide, and 18ins. thick from a slant to and in line with coal face. Gob wall 5ft. back with props 3ft. 4ins. and 4ft. from face left standing one prop discharged. Slant was seen in ripping before

Williams, William, 01 Nov 1913, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof at face of stall road. He was in the act of stamping a hole in the floor for a post, when the ground he intended supporting fell upon him