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Trane Colliery |
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Trane Colliery |
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Trane Colliery
| Location: |
Gilfach Goch
11½ miles [18 km] SSW of Merthyr Tydfil
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS980901, 51° 36' 1" N, 3° 28' 19" W |
| Opened: |
1915 |
| Closed: |
1952 |
| Owners: |
Britannic Merthyr Colliery Co., Ltd. |
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Welsh Associated Collieries, Ltd. |
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Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries, Ltd. |
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Powell Duffryn Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (60,000 tons) |
| Employment: |
1923 - 652 (538 below, 114 surface) |
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1933 - 740 (640 below, 100 surface) |
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1940 - 382 (312 below, 70 surface) |
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1947 - 335 (262 below, 73 surface) |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | |  | | | | Bond, George, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 55, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...] |
| | |  | |  | | Crew, George, 01 Apr 1926, aged 36, Haulier, Assisting to lift derailed tram - head crushed by tram |
| | |  | | | | Edwards, John, 27 Nov 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 76, Labourer, He, with a fireman, was standing in the cage at the pit bottom, ready to ascend, when a signal of 1 — which meant "stand clear" — was received from the banksman. The fireman jumped out of the cage and escaped, but the deceased was caught by a lump of coal, which fell a distance of 200 yards from the surface, and which crashed through the woodwork forming the top of the cage. He died almost immediately. There was a contravention on the part of the hitcher to allow the men to enter the cage before receiving proper signals from the banksman |
| | |  | |  | | Grant, Henry T., 19 Mar 1929, aged 27, Tipper, In charge of tumbler and was found under it with clothing twisted round shaft. Dead when picked up |
| | |  | | | | Jones, Henry, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 39, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...] |
| | |  | | | | Jones, Rhys, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 44, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...] |
| | |  | | | | Owen, Charles, 03 Feb 1913, aged 30, Labourer, Whilst getting out foundations for a retaining wall for the screens, about 4 tons of clay gave way and buried him |
| | |  | |  | | Protheroe, Edwin, 08 Jul 1925, (accident: 06 Jul 1925), aged 24, Tipper, Crushed between a full tram of coal and turntable — severe internal injuries. Died 8th. |
| | |  | |  | | Seymour, Henry, 09 Nov 1925, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof |
| | |  | | | | Stephens, John, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 61, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...] |
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10 names found |
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The CMHRC is available here.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Trane Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Trane Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Cardiff and Newport Division (No. 6) by J. M. Carey, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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