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Andrews, William, 10 Oct 1904, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged ripping the roof down, and when drawing down a stone with the bar, he appears to have slipped on the dirt he was standing on and fell under the stone, which fatally injured him

Baker, Edward, 17 Apr 1867, aged 13, Drawer, Falling down the pit from the surface

Bateman, Thomas, 06 Jul 1905, (accident: 30 Jun 1905), aged 20, Pony-driver, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was driving a pony underground to a shunt with a full tub of coal when he appears to have seriously injured his head when coming in contact with a low bar supporting the roof. He succumbed to the injuries received July 6, 1905

Blackwell, William, 04 May 1920, aged 52, Engine driver, Entangled with rope — fractured leg

Brown, Philip, 01 Jun 1914, (accident: 17 Apr 1914), aged 54, Collier, While deceased was lifting a stone on to a pack wall in the Two Yard Seam, he appears to have strained himself in the groin. He was able to continue at his work for a fortnight afterwards, but died at the Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, on June 1st, after undergoing an operation

Clubb, Thomas, 05 Jan 1905, (accident: 03 Dec 1904), aged 59, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged holing at the face, when a portion of the coal fell from a slip, capping two sprags, and causing such injuries to deceased, that he died from the effects of the accident Jan. 5, 1905

Crane, Patrick, 12 Apr 1865, Labourer, Being injured by railway trucks above ground

Davies, Elias, 18 Feb 1895, (accident: 28 Aug 1894), aged 40, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was engaged drawing bars out in a roadway when a stone fell from a slip in the roof upon him, causing internal injuries to which he succumbed on Feb. 18th, 1895

Davies, Enoch, 17 Feb 1859, aged 16, Collier, A stone falling upon his head in the shaft

Davies, George, 09 Jun 1893, aged 23, Collier, Inspection made, and inquest attended. The deceased was clearing some dirt in order to get the top coal down in which they had been boring a hole when a crush took place liberating a piece of top coal to a slip which fell upon him. His father had examined it and considered it quite strong

Davies, Ishmael, 27 Dec 1864, Drawer, An explosion of gas

Davies, John, 30 Jun 1869, aged 39, Collier, An explosion [More information ...]

Davies, John, 05 Jun 1880, (accident: 29 Jan 1880), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 5th June

Davies, John Henry, 25 Dec 1919, (accident: 03 Dec 1919), aged 28, Coal cutter, Slight abrasion. Died 25th from sceptic poisoning

Davies, Samuel, 29 Apr 1869, Collier, Fall of roof

Davies, Thomas, 27 Jul 1904, aged 33, Repairer, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged cutting bottom in the downbrow, and they appeared to have weakened the prop supports, as the roof gave way, capping two props and fatally injuring them. It was advised at the inquiry that the road should be barred [More information ...]

Davies, Thomas, 19 May 1914, aged 21, Filler, A shot had been fired in the ripping to enlarge the roadway, and when deceased was cleaning and packing the dirt brought down by the shot, a stone rolled down and knocked out two props and a bar, causing a fall of roof which struck the deceased and inflicted fatal injuries

Edwards, Edward, 26 Jun 1889, aged 36, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A very heavy fall of rock roof, knocking out several props, came as deceased was building a pack. Had there been more timber set it would have probably given him warning of the impending fall.

Edwards, Simon, 20 Nov 1902, aged 46, Shifter, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were forming a slant down the longwall face, when a stone fell from a slip in the roof upon the deceased, capping a prop, which had been recently set. The props were set about five feet apart, and they were setting a chock, to enable them to get the roof down to a stronger parting above

Edwards, Sylvanus, 13 Aug 1900, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were commencing to work one of the pillars on the upper side of the main level, when a stone fell upon the deceased when he was preparing to set the first prop

Edwards, Thomas, 02 Jun 1876, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof

Edwards, Thomas, 31 Jul 1885, aged 16, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of top coal knocking out two props. This happened at the spot where the men got their meals and had been examined by the fireman an hour before the accident

Edwards, Thomas, 28 Jan 1899, aged 49, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased attempted to cross between the journey of ten full wagons, when they were standing for more pressure of compressed air, when the journey suddenly started on, and the deceased got crushed between the wagons and some props

Edwards, William, 16 Oct 1868, aged 39, Chartermaster, Fall of roof in the main coal mine

Enoch, Thomas, 11 May 1866, aged 18, Collier, Explosion in the Brassey mine

Evans, George, 07 Jul 1898, (accident: 15 Jun 1898), aged 52, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. While holding a light for his partner to pull down some clod from the roof at the face a stone accidentally struck the deceased fracturing his leg. He died at the Wrexham Infirmary July 7th, 1898, from blood poisoning

Evans, Price, 21 Nov 1860, Collier, A piece of coal falling down the pit

Evans, Richard T., 17 Sep 1913, aged 21, Coal-cutter hand, He was in charge of a coal-cutting machine which was undercutting in the coal on a Longwall face when some coal fell off on to the machine and liberated two bars which had been let into the coal at one end and supported by props at the other. The displaced bars liberated a stone 10 feet by 5¾ feet by 2 feet from a slip and a smooth parting in the roof, and deceased was killed by the fall

Evans, Robert, 18 Nov 1866, aged 34, Chartermaster, Explosion in the 2-yards mine

Evans, Samuel, 11 Nov 1905, aged 52, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was holing between the two coals in the Two Yard Seam, when a stone fell upon him from slips in ther roof, capping a prop. He was fatally injured

Fisher, William, 26 Jun 1890, aged 14, Door boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. The roadway had just been retimbered by the deceased's father who had apparently left it safe but a small stone fell as the boy was passing and caught him on the head

Forster, Robert, 09 Jun 1858, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof coal

Francis, Edward, 05 Sep 1907, aged 53, Collier, He was engaged at the coal face, when a stone fell upon him from a slippery parting in the roof, causing fatal injuries

Francis, J. P., 16 Oct 1907, aged 18, Horse-driver, He got run over by his journey of full tubs owing to the points not being open the proper way to the shunt, and he is said to have slipped and fallen

Gallier, George, 02 Jan 1892, 6 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 19, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was about descending the pit in the cage, when he attempted to jump off for some reason, and got crushed between the landing platform and cage

Gough, Joseph, 28 Feb 1884, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A shot had been fired which blew all except a small piece at the top end of the wicket. Deceased had loaded this coal and was filling his last tub from under the place left standing, when it suddenly rolled over on to him. Deceased had no business to go under it, although the men considered it so sound that they had prepared another shot-hole to blow it down

Griffith, Richard W., 26 Oct 1906, aged 17, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged clearing a small fall of dirt in a roadway, when some more roof gave way upon him. The roadway was propped on each side, but not barred

Griffiths, Robert, 27 Nov 1889, aged 23, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were suffocated whilst engaged in letting off some gas which had accumulated in an old wicket owing to a fall in the air-road [More information ...]

Griffiths, T., 26 Jun 1854, aged 35, Explosion of firedamp

Griffiths, William, 27 Dec 1864, Collier, An explosion of gas

Griffiths, William, 05 Apr 1905, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were working a ribbing alongside of an old road, when a piece of clod fell from the roof upon him, capping a prop

Gumming, Benjamin Alfred, 26 May 1915, aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof — fatally injured his back

Hughes, Samuel, 27 Nov 1889, aged 42, Shot-firer, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were suffocated whilst engaged in letting off some gas which had accumulated in an old wicket owing to a fall in the air-road [More information ...]

Hughes, William, 27 Nov 1889, aged 42, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were suffocated whilst engaged in letting off some gas which had accumulated in an old wicket owing to a fall in the air-road [More information ...]

Hughes, William, 07 Jun 1914, (accident: 05 Jun 1914), aged 49, Collier, He was lifting a tub on the rails in the Crank Seam workings when he appears to have injured himself internally. He died on June 7th at the Wrexham Infirmary. After hearing the evidence and the result of the post-mortem examination, the jury found that the deceased died from the effects of the accident, caused by the sudden exertion of lifting the tub

Humphreys, Edward, 06 Jan 1876, aged 12, Door boy, Crushed between trams and side of road

Jarvis, Robert, 25 Feb 1851, (accident: 24 Feb 1851), Explosion of firedamp on 24th

Jones, David, 21 Oct 1880, aged 56, Labourer, He was found under one of three loaded tubs which he was taking to the engine plane. It was supposed to have been purely accidental, as the pony was perfectly quiet

Jones, Edward, 16 Feb 1878, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof. A simple accident, the place being well timbered to within two feet of the coal face

Jones, Edward, 07 Nov 1888, aged 25, Collier, He had drawn his sprag and was getting down the coal standing in front of it when it suddenly fell knocking with his head against a tub which had foolishly left standing just behind him

Jones, Ewrys, 13 Feb 1925, aged 17, Filler, A fall crushed him against a tub

Jones, George, 03 Mar 1851, (accident: 24 Feb 1851), Explosion of firedamp on 24th ultimo

Jones, George E., 04 Apr 1914, (accident: 27 Mar 1914), aged 31, Filler, Deceased was attempting to lower a full tub of coal down a roadway dipping 1 in 12, towards four full tubs standing 10 feet lower down the brow, when he was accidentally crushed between the tubs. Instead of using scotches provided for the purpose, he appears to have lifted the iron back stay, and was unable to drop it before he was crushed between the tubs. He died on April 4th, from the effects of the injuries

Jones, James, 17 Dec 1869, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, John, 26 Oct 1867, Collier, Fall of roof in 2 yards mine

Jones, Price, 07 Oct 1884, aged 60, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been sending some timber up a jig, and after starting the journey went into a refuge place. The jig wheel gave way, and deceased, getting flurried, ran out of the refuge place and was caught by the descending tubs

Jones, Richard E., 06 Oct 1880, aged 28, Collier, He had worked away some coal but had neglected to set any timber under the clunch, which fell upon him. There was plenty of timber in the place

Jones, Robert, 16 Sep 1871, aged 12, Door boy, Injured by a rope below ground

Jones, Robert, 27 Jul 1904, aged 40, Repairer, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged cutting bottom in the downbrow, and they appeared to have weakened the prop supports, as the roof gave way, capping two props and fatally injuring them. It was advised at the inquiry that the road should be barred [More information ...]

Jones, Robert, 10 Nov 1916, aged 71, Shifter, Injured back — crushed between waggon and side

Jones, Samuel, 01 May 1874, aged 16, Collier, Fall of coal in Brassy Coal Pit

Jones, Samuel Napoleon, 09 Aug 1876, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

Jones, Thomas, 17 May 1888, (accident: 03 May 1888), aged 59, Manager, Inspection made. They were repairing the arching of an underground engine house which was considered to have been left safe for the day; but a few of the old bricks fell out from the crown of the arch and struck deceased who was resting there after coming out of the workings. He was not considered seriously hurt but he caught cold and erysipelas setting in he died on 17th

Jones, Thomas, 01 Dec 1904, aged 38, Collier, Fall of side. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had left a piece of top coal overhanging, with two sprags net under it, about four feet apart ; when the coal came away, bringing the sprags down with it, and fatally injuring him

Jones, William, 03 Aug 1876, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, William, 08 Jul 1886, aged 21, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The men were about to draw the timber when deceased foolishly knocked out a prop without taking the ordinary precautions and a stone fell out from between two slips

Jones, William, 16 Jul 1886, aged 32, Collier, Inquest attended. A stone fell out from a pot hole between the props and the face on to deceased. The manager examined the place a few minutes previously

Laurence, Oswell, 11 Sep 1911, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. Deceased was filling a tub in a roadway near the face, when a fall from a two feet downthrow in the roof, and a parallel slip displaced a prop, and sliding off a bar fatally injured him

Lewis, Edward, 16 Dec 1881, aged 58, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was preparing to set a bar, to replace another which was giving way, when the latter broke, letting down the roof on him

Lewis, John, 24 Oct 1876, aged 26, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Lewis, Llewellyn, 27 Dec 1911, (accident: 23 Dec 1911), aged 25, Collier, Fall of side. When employed at the face, he got fatally injured and died on 27th instant, through being struck by a fall of coal from the working face

Lewis, Robert, 23 Feb 1884, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. This was a simple accident. A small piece of clunch fell from over the top of the coal and broke his leg

Lewis, Thomas, 19 Sep 1914, (accident: 08 Sep 1914), aged 56, Collier, Deceased was pulling down some clod above the coal in the Two Yard Seam with his pick, having previously withdrawn two supporting sprags. In falling, the clod crushed him against a prop which had been set to support the roof, about 4 feet from the Longwall face. He died from the effects of the accident on the 19th instant

Lloyd, William, 07 Dec 1872, Driver, Fall of roof

Meredith, Joseph, 29 Jan 1894, (accident: 25 Jan 1894), aged 30, Stoker, Inspection made and inquest attended. While lowering a waggon of ashes and attending the brake he slipped and fell between the waggon and the screenwall. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 29th

Millington, Robert, 08 Sep 1873, aged 24, Collier, Shot going off, he went back after lighting it

Mills, John, 16 Apr 1886, (accident: 01 Jan 1885), Collier, Injured on the 1st January 1885 to which injuries he succumbed on 16th April 1886

Parry, John, 18 Feb 1853, Fall of coal

Parry, John, 06 Sep 1879, aged 35, Filler, Fall of coal from face as he was loading his tub. A simple accident

Pearce, Thomas, 03 Dec 1896, aged 56, Byeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged knocking out timber in an abandoned road when the roof gave way to a slip capping two props and burying him. It was recommended at the inquest that capping of timber in old workings should be done by practical men and that the underlooker should instruct them as to the best way to accomplish such work [More information ...]

Pemberton, Thomas, 12 May 1918, (accident: 08 May 1918), aged 23, Contractor, Injured by fall of roof. Died 12th

Poulston, John, 28 Oct 1902, (accident: 23 Oct 1902), aged 54, Shifter, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged clearing some dirt from a roofing down shot, where they were making the place higher, for to place a windlass, when a stone fell from the roof upon him. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 28th instant

Pritchard, John, 03 Mar 1906, (accident: 07 Dec 1905), aged 69, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was an old man, and after going through a pass-bye to the other side of the shaft, he is said to have walked back, and fallen into the sump. The gate and chain fencing was open, as they were about starting to wind coal. He fell a distance of ten feet, and succumbed to the injuries received, March 3rd, 1906

Reynolds, George, 17 Jan 1895, aged 55, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was drawing down some top coal in the face of a pillar when the roof fell from between two slips upon him and capping three props

Roberts, John, 02 Oct 1900, aged 24, Sinker, Inspection made and inquest attended. Four sinkers were descending the upcast shaft in a hoppit, which was in process of being deepened, when suddenly, at a point about thirty yards from the top, the engineman by some mistake reversed the action, and was winding the hoppit past the stage at pit top slowly, when the deceased in attempting to jump on to the stage fell down the shaft a distance of three hundred and fifty yards, and was killed. The engineman, at the inquiry, stated he lost his head, and that he had been on duty thirteen hours. It was recommended for the Company to introduce safety-hooks, and adopt the eight-hour shift for the enginemen the same as the sinkers

Roberts, John, 02 Jan 1915, aged 55, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof on longwall face

Roberts, John H., 27 Feb 1900, aged 19, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged holing the crank coal, when a stone fell from the roof, from a slip running with the face, crushing the deceased and capping two props

Roberts, William, 16 Jun 1859, aged 15, Trapper, Run over by a loaded wagon

Roberts, William, 14 Mar 1896, aged 66, Overman, Inspection made. The deceased was coming along the engine plane when the set of tubs was running and apparently he had not noticed their approach and was knocked down. There was room to stand aside where he was and refuge places close by

Rogers, Robert, 13 Sep 1877, aged 60, Engineman, Crushed between fly wheel and side of flywheel pit

Rolands, E., 11 Jun 1858, aged 14, Drawer, An explosion of firedamp

Salisbury, T., 20 May 1854, aged 15, Fall of coal

Smith, Edward, 17 Nov 1921, aged 62, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Smith, George, 27 Apr 1898, (accident: 26 Apr 1898), aged 17, Pony driver, Inquiry made and inquest attended. The deceased was a pony driver on the main road near the pit shaft and is said to have struck the pony with his whip when it kicked behind striking him in the stomach. He succumbed to the injuries received the following day

Smith, John, 24 Oct 1876, aged 27, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Smith, Robert, 24 Oct 1876, aged 35, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Sunder, George, 08 May 1867, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of gas in 2-yard mine

Unknown, -, 09 Nov 1857, aged Boy, Igniting powder

Walker, Edward, 08 Apr 1914, aged 70, Holer, While working at the coal face in the Crank Seam, a stone fell upon him from a slippy pot hole in the roof. The fall occurred between the last row of props and the face, the supports being about 4 feet 6 inches from the coal

Watkins, Thomas, 15 May 1894, aged 50, Shifter, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was being lowered down an old staple pit to examine some water pipes when the hemp rope seven eighths inch diameter attaching the cradle to the windlass rope broke the deceased falling a distance of 30 yards. Wire ropes will be used in future

Williams, E., 10 Mar 1870, aged 26, Collier, Fall of coal

Williams, Edward, 19 Mar 1862, Collier, Fall of roof

Williams, George, 03 Nov 1886, aged 38, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was getting some coal down from the face of crushed pillar and foolishly passed in front of it to get a crowbar when a large piece suddenly fell over on to him

Williams, Jowerth, 03 Dec 1896, aged 19, Byeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged knocking out timber in an abandoned road when the roof gave way to a slip capping two props and burying him. It was recommended at the inquest that capping of timber in old workings should be done by practical men and that the underlooker should instruct them as to the best way to accomplish such work [More information ...]

Williams, Owen, 23 Apr 1879, aged 53, Collier, Fall of stone from the side under which he was holing and which he neglected to sprag though warned by his companion

Williams, Peter, 23 Jan 1924, (accident: 17 Jan 1924, 5.45 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 26, Haulage Hand, The deceased was injured by being crushed while re-railing some full tubs on a brow having a gradient of 1 in 9. He died from his injuries on 23rd January. No one witnessed the accident, but the injured man was found about fifteen yards to the rise of the point to which the tubs ran back. He was probably in between the first and second full tub when the main link at the end of the haulage rope broke

Williams, William, 16 Sep 1894, (accident: 14 Sep 1894), aged 21, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. While in the act of getting the clod down above the coal with his pick a portion struck him causing internal injuries to which he succumbed on the 16th inst