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Matthew Gudge
| Age: | 45 |
| Died: | 18th Aug 1875 |
| Accident: | 18th Aug 1875 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1830 |
| Colliery: | Tynybedwr |
| Company: | Thomas and Griffiths |
| Occupation: | Lander |
| Notes: | Killed by falling down shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Shaft Accidents.
On the 18th of August (No. 59), a man was killed by falling down one of the shafts at the Tynybedw Colliery, Rhondda Valley, belonging to Messrs. Thomas and Griffiths.
The deceased was engaged in taking the rubbish (which was brought up the shaft,) to the rubbish tip. Instead of having a proper fence, which is always raised and lowered by the cage or carriage ascending and descending at the top of the shaft, a long piece of wood was used, which was pushed through iron staples by the deceased. It appeared from the evidence given at the inquest that the deceased had omitted to push this piece of wood, which left the top of the shaft quite unprotected, and, it being dark, or nearly so, he pushed the tram into the wrong side, which fell down the shaft, and dragged the deceased with it. In my opinion, the piece of wood was not such a fence as the Act required, and therefore was not a proper fence. And as the sad accident was entirely due to that fact, I reported the case to you, and, with your permission, proceedings were instituted against the manager for a breach of No. 14 General Rule. The colliery was a new one, and had only been raising coal a few days, or, at most, a few weeks. The case was heard on the 3rd of November, at Pontypridd, by the stipendiary and another magistrate. The magistrates being of opinion that although the piece of wood was not such a safe fence as I suggested and recommended, still, they thought, if it had been attended to by the deceased, it was a proper fence under the Act; they therefore dismissed the case with costs.
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- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 168 Where to find this report
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 181, Accident Number: 59 Where to find this report
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