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Barclay, -, 31 Dec 1853, Killed by the carrier used in sinking with guides sticking in the pit and afterwards falling upon them as they were descending the shaft [More information ...]

Davies, George, 20 Apr 1900, aged 24, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged filling a tub of coal at the face, when a piece of roof coal, three feet in thickness, fell upon them from between two slips, capping a prop. The roof was propped on each side of roadway, but not barred [More information ...]

Davies, William, 11 Oct 1870, aged 38, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder [More information ...]

Edwards, James, 25 Aug 1920, aged 49, Collier, Crushed internally by fall of coal

Edwards, John, 06 Nov 1884, aged 66, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was sent to enlarge a small airway, and after taking down some roof, was shovelling it up, when he appears to have disturbed the foot of a prop, which displaced a stone it was supporting

Edwards, Joseph, 20 Apr 1900, aged 25, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged filling a tub of coal at the face, when a piece of roof coal, three feet in thickness, fell upon them from between two slips, capping a prop. The roof was propped on each side of roadway, but not barred [More information ...]

Ellis, John, 14 Nov 1865, aged 13, Trapper, Falling against a train of pit tubs

Evans, John, 01 Dec 1859, aged 18, Filler, Fall of roof

Evans, Owen, 31 Mar 1882, aged 60, Screener

Griffiths, John, 11 Oct 1864, aged 25, Collier, Fall of coal at the face

Haroeg, Cecil, 17 Sep 1920, aged 17, Haulage hand, Crushed between tub and bar — broken neck

Hughes, Hugh, 30 Oct 1919, aged 40, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Hughes, John, 08 Mar 1861, Collier, An explosion of gunpowder

Humphries, D., 30 Sep 1868, aged 44, Collier, Falling out of cage while ascending the pit

Jarvis, Joseph, 07 Mar 1863, aged 15, Horse driver, An explosion of gas

Jones, -, 31 Dec 1853, Killed by the carrier used in sinking with guides sticking in the pit and afterwards falling upon them as they were descending the shaft [More information ...]

Jones, Edward, 12 Jan 1870, aged 20, Labourer, Run over by coal tubs underground

Jones, Edward, 10 Dec 1902, aged 26, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. A stone fell from some slips in the roof upon the deceased, crushing him upon a tub near the face, fatally injuring him. A sudden crush came over the place, and the stone fell between the props set

Jones, Evan, 30 Aug 1870, aged 48, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder

Jones, Francis, 30 May 1894, aged 53, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was capping a sprag with his pick when the coal gave way to a slip which caught him before he could clear himself the seam being 6 feet thick

Jones, Pryce, 19 Jan 1893, (accident: 14 Jan 1893), aged 29, Holer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was in the act of holing under the main coal against which he had set sprags when a piece of coal which had been loosened by a shot going off previously fell striking him above the ankle which had to be amputated. He died from shock and exhaustion on the 19th. inst

Jones, Robert, 01 Aug 1867, aged 26, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder

Jones, Thomas, 15 Feb 1862, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, Thomas, 30 May 1868, aged 62, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, William, 10 Oct 1860, aged 12, Fall of coal

Kirkham, William, 23 Mar 1867, aged 17, Waggoner, Run over by loaded tub in the mine

Lloyd, -, 03 Dec 1853, Explosion of gunpowder

McDonald, Edward, 07 Oct 1875, aged 55, Doggy, Fall of roof

Millington, Rowland, 22 May 1917, aged 17, Waggoner, Caught by a full tub of coals

Morris, Peter, 05 Oct 1871, aged 26, Collier, Fall of coal

Povah, Thomas, 17 Jul 1878, aged 61, Labourer, Deceased was stocking coal on the bank, and fell off the heap, the tub falling on him

Powell, Thomas, 24 Aug 1874, aged 25, Collier, Explosion of gas in Main Coal Seam No. 3 pit [More information ...]

Price, Thomas, 21 Jan 1864, Banksman, Falling into shaft from surface

Richards, William, 14 Dec 1874, aged 35, Chartermaster, Fell out of cage while descending No. 1 pit

Roberts, Edward H., 12 Feb 1901, aged 20, Stoker, Inspection made and inquest attended. He went to open a steam valve in connection with the hauling engine on the surface when the steam valve burst, killing him. There was probably a little water in the steam pipe, which should have been let off previous to turning the steam on

Roberts, John, 28 Nov 1865, aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal

Roberts, Samuel, 11 Oct 1870, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder [More information ...]

Roberts, William, 11 Oct 1870, aged 22, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder [More information ...]

Rogers, John, 24 Oct 1868, aged 15, Drawer, Falling into shaft from a mouthing

Rogers, John, 24 Aug 1874, aged 22, Collier, Explosion of gas in Main Coal Seam No. 3 pit [More information ...]

Rogers, William, 07 May 1856, Fall of roof

Seddon, Edward, 11 Oct 1870, aged 48, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder [More information ...]

Thomas, Evan, 03 Aug 1866, Byrman, An iron rail which he was putting in the cage falling on him at the top

Thomas, Evan, 03 Aug 1868, Labourer, Injuries received above ground

Thomas, James, 13 Apr 1869, aged 24, Horse Keeper, An explosion [More information ...]

Unknown, -, 13 Apr 1853, Collier, Fall of coal

Williams, -, 31 Dec 1853, Killed by the carrier used in sinking with guides sticking in the pit and afterwards falling upon them as they were descending the shaft [More information ...]

Williams, David, 05 Aug 1865, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof in main coal

Williams, David, 27 Oct 1873, aged 14, Door tenter, Fall of roof

Williams, Edward, 03 Aug 1911, aged 23, Waggoner, Fall of roof. When travelling down a roadway seven feet wide by five feet high, with a full tub, a fall of roof displaced a bar and buried him. The fireman had inspected the road a quarter of an hour before the accident and considered it safe. The roof was damp and three bars appear to have been set in a distance of about eight feet. The middle bar was the one displaced by the fall

Williams, John, 18 Dec 1868, Waggoner, Run over by a loaded waggon below ground

Williams, John W., 18 Apr 1905, aged 29, Pumpman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased fell down the shaft from the Tangye pump mouthing, and was killed. His cap was found in the mouthing. The engineman stated that the deceased was the only person in the pumping shaft, and he had received a signal to pull up the cage, but it was empty when it reached the surface ; the deceased having fallen down the shaft

Williams, Jonathan, 09 Apr 1901, aged 24, Ostler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased and another person returned to the mouthing in the shaft, after attending to the horses. Deceased opened the fence gate, and appears to have walked into the shaft, thinking probably the cage was there, and fell to the sump, a distance of 30 yards, and was killed. The steam rising in the shaft from the pump below made it more difficult to see whether the cage was there or not, and the special lights were not there owing it was stated to the pit not winding coal at the time

Williams, Thomas, 20 Jan 1886, aged 48, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was driving a narrow place in the main coal about 6 feet wide and was holing at the top of the coal when a piece rolled from the side and crushed him against the face

Winstanley, Thomas, 27 Feb 1866, aged 32, Chartermaster, Fall of coal in main seam

Woods, John, 20 Aug 1873, aged 14, Driver, By clothes taking fire at his candle