Vauxhall Colliery

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Berrington, David, 01 Jan 1903, (accident: 31 Dec 1902), aged 26, Rope-follower, Inspection made and inquest attended. When a journey of six full tubs were being hauled upbrow, the first tub got off the rails, and the five tubs became uncoupled and ran back to the shunt where three empty tubs were standing. These empty tubs were struck, and were sent with force further down a brow, crushing the deceased, who was attending to some other tubs. He succumbed to the injuries received January 1st, 1903

Buffey, Samuel, 11 Aug 1894, aged 17, Pony driver, Inquiry made. While a new pony was being trained underground it kicked over the shaft and struck deceased on the head

Clayton, Edward, 25 Nov 1897, aged 30, Trammer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking an empty tub along the drawing road when stone fell upon him from between two bars in the roof and breaking a strong lid which was set on a prop lower side of roadway. The roof in this road had been disturbed by another place working behind it on the lower side

Davies, Robert, 16 Jul 1884, aged 28, Metalman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged in charging a shot when the powder exploded. It was supposed that a little powder had fallen on the side of the hole, and it was ignited by a defective rammer which the man was using. The rammer was or iron with a copper head, but the latter was worn and of less size than the iron. The head had also worn loose, leaving rivets to project

Edwards, John, 11 Jun 1896, (accident: 30 May 1896), aged 36, Onsetter, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was removing prop wood from the cage at the mouthing near the pit bottom when the winding engine started. The engine man had placed an iron pin to secure the steam handle but he had not lowered it sufficiently through the hole as it came out accidentally. By the cage moving upwards deceased fell out fracturing has spine. Died June 11th

Evans, John, 21 Jul 1879, aged 45, Pitman, He was assisting to prepare a mouthing for winding coal and by some means unexplained fell from scaffold which was well protected to pit bottom

Griffiths, Edward, 26 Apr 1927, aged 53, Haulier, Crushed between tubs — small crack in pelvis. Died 26th

Griffiths, John, 06 Apr 1881, aged 20, Onsetter, Inspection made and inquest attended. A lamp had sent down the pit in an empty tub, and he was supposed to have been talking it out when the cage lifted, and he was crushed against the guide rod. He had neglected to give the usual signal to stop

Hughes, Harold, 25 Jul 1916, aged 47, Collier, Skull fractured and back injured by fall

Hughes, John, 28 Mar 1905, aged 32, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was getting dirt down from the roof at the face, when a large stone fell from a step slip, which was crossing his roadway, capping two props and fatally injuring deceased

Hughes, Robert, 14 Dec 1912, aged 42, Collier, He was engaged getting up bottom coal in his roadway a few yards back from the face, when some roof coal and shale from a pot hole fell upon him and injured him so severely that he died a few weeks later

Hughes, Thomas, 23 Mar 1928, (accident: 14 Mar 1928), aged 54, Collier, Crushed finger. Died 23rd from blood poisoning

Jones, John, 09 Mar 1885, aged 55, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was crossing the main line with a bag of provender on his back and was found a few minutes afterwards at the foot of a stile he had to cross, quite dead. It is supposed he fell from the top of the stile

Jones, John, 11 Apr 1895, aged 50, Timberman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged enlarging and timbering the main level when a fall of roof occurred knocking out the last two bars they had set before they had completed covering them and crushing the deceased before he could clear himself

Jones, Peter, 07 Nov 1910, aged 54, Collier, He was engaged setting a prop to the roof of the working face when a stone fell upon him from between slips

Jones, Phillip, 09 Sep 1915, (accident: 26 Mar 1915), aged 46, Collier, Fractured skull through fall of coal. Died 9th Sept

Lloyd, Martha, 02 May 1901, (accident: 13 Apr 1901), aged 25, Screener, Inspection made and inquest attended. She was coming down the colliery siding, and appears to have been watching a passenger train passing, when the brakesman was lowering three empty waggons towards the screen, and could not see the deceased, who got rnn over and fatally injured. Died May 2nd, 1901

Lysons, James, 26 Mar 1915, aged 46, Collier, Fractured skull through fall of walls

Parkes, William, 08 Jul 1894, (accident: 02 Jul 1894), aged 72, Oversman, Inspection made and inquest attended. While descending the steps from the pit bank he accidentally fell when he was about four steps from the bottom and succumbed to injuries received on 8th. inst. There was a hand rail on one side of the steps but the doctor stated had had a touch of paralysis which might have affected him

Parry, Robert T., 31 May 1906, aged 25, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. While he was passing along the coal face, which had not been advanced for some days, and where there was no holing done, suddenly a piece of coal rolled off the face, which fatally crushed him against a prop supporting the roof

Parry, Thomas, 28 Feb 1882, aged 40, Fireman, Inspection made. Deceased was waiting to fire a shot in a working place when a piece of coal was suddenly forced off the face, over the sprags and struck him

Phillips, Joseph, 06 Jan 1879, aged 50, Collier, He removed his sprag after holing and attempted to get the coal down but failing to do so he recommenced to hole under the overhanging coal without resetting the sprag when the coal fell on him

Phillips, Ralph, 23 Jun 1873, aged 36, Fireman, Explosion of gas in Upper Yard coal while clearing the place out [More information ...]

Powell, David, 04 Oct 1881, aged 23, Roadman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was assisting the surveyor and fireman to survey an old tunnel, in which some gas was standing, known to the fireman. Deceased was drawing the chain, and was warned by the fireman not to go into the gas, but he immediately went forward saying, that "He could take the chain to the face," and was struck down, and before he could be rescued life was extinct

Rees, Pryce, 12 Sep 1892, (accident: 02 Sep 1892, 2.45 p.m., 9th hour of shift), aged 40, Banksman, Inquiry made. Deceased was bringing two waggons down ; the last one running stiffly, he proceeded with the first one towards the screens, when the last waggon overtook him unexpectedly and deceased got crushed between the buffers. Died September 12th, 1892

Roberts, John Lewellyn, 06 Sep 1911, aged 22, Pony driver, A fall of roof occurred and displaced the timber which fell upon him in a horse road twenty yards from the face, when he was going out with a loaded tram

Roberts, Joseph, 26 Oct 1927, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof — head and spinal injuries

Roberts, Richard, 11 Dec 1926, aged 42, Collier, Runaway tubs - internal injures [More information ...]

Roberts, William, 19 Jul 1894, aged 25, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The journey going down the jig getting off the road ran into the side of roadway while the deceased was assisting to get the tubs on the rails a piece of rock came away from the side and crushed him against a tub the tubs had disturbed the pack wall which was under the rock

Rogers, Edward, 23 Jun 1873, aged 29, Fireman, Explosion of gas in Upper Yard coal while clearing the place out [More information ...]

Rogers, R. L., 09 Sep 1926, (accident: 24 Mar 1926), aged 18, Pony driver, Caught between trams. Died 9th Sept

Tomkins, Samuel, 11 Dec 1891, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was pulling coals off the face when a large piece of roof coal 2ft. in thickness fell upon him and killed him. The roof was full of slips but a little more precaution on the part of the deceased this accident should not have occurred

Williams, David, 29 Jun 1887, (accident: 08 Mar 1887), aged 17, Assistant hooker on, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was trying to cross the pit bottom on a bearer when he slipped and fell into the water in the sump. He was immediately pulled out and walked home. He continued his work for a few days but inflammation of the lungs set in and he died on the 29th June

Williams, Thomas, 28 Feb 1889, aged 64, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was sending slack up from the ground level to the pit bank, and after signalling the cage on went back for another loaded tub. On returing he pushed the tub into the shaft without looking whether the cage was there, and fell down the pit with it. It was broad daylight at the time

Wright, Joseph, 21 Sep 1918, (accident: 12 Sep 1918), aged 50, Fireman, Struck by trams — fractured thigh. Died 21st