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Wyllie Colliery
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| Location: | nr. Ynysddu 9 miles [14 km] WNW of Newport |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 171 Cardiff and Newport) ST176943, 51° 38' 28" N, 3° 11' 27" W |
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| Owners: | Tredegar (Southern) Collieries Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Steam. (169,775 tons) |
| Employment: | 1933 - 834 (750 below, 84 surface) |
| 1940 - 855 (740 below, 115 surface) | |
| 1947 - 693 (584 below, 109 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Baldwin, Ronald, 25 May 1933, aged 20, Colliers helper, Fall of roof | ||||
| | Haines, Joseph G., 11 Mar 1928, (accident: 09 Mar 1928), aged 17, Colliers helper, Fall of roof. Died 11th | ||||
| 2 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 ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the 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 .
The CMHRC is available here.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wyllie Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wyllie Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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