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  Trane Colliery  Index  Trane Colliery  
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Trane Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Gilfach Goch
11½ miles [18 km] SSW of Merthyr Tydfil
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.
Welsh Associated Collieries, Ltd.
Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries, Ltd.
Powell Duffryn Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (60,000 tons)
Employment: 1923 - 652 (538 below, 114 surface)
1933 - 740 (640 below, 100 surface)
1940 - 382 (312 below, 70 surface)
1947 - 335 (262 below, 73 surface)


  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

In Memoriam
  Individal page   

Bond, George, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 55, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...]

  Individal page CMHRC 

Crew, George, 01 Apr 1926, aged 36, Haulier, Assisting to lift derailed tram - head crushed by tram

  Individal page   

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

  Individal page CMHRC 

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

  Individal page   

Jones, Henry, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 39, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...]

  Individal page   

Jones, Rhys, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 44, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...]

  Individal page   

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

  Individal page CMHRC 

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.

  Individal page CMHRC 

Seymour, Henry, 09 Nov 1925, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof

  Individal page   

Stephens, John, 17 Apr 1912, 6.5 a.m., aged 61, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust [More information ...]

 
  10 names found

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.

Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with image. The CMHRC is available here.

More information  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Trane Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Trane Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

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

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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