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Age:
Died:	7th Sep 1875
Accident:	7th Sep 1875
Born:
Colliery:	Ynisfaio
Company:	Troedyrhiw Coal Co.
Occupation:	Labourer
Notes:	Killed by an explosion of gas
Buried:	[not known]
Category:

The second explosion (No. 65), occurred in the Ynysfeio Colliery, Rhondda Valley, belonging to the Troedyrhiw Coal Co., on the 7th September, and was attended with the loss of two lives. The two deceased with five others were engaged in cutting the floor, to increase the height of the level, and were putting the rubbish into an old disused stable. In this old stable were two cavities in the roof, and owing to the area of the airway, through which the air passed, having been reduced by stowing the rubbish into it, gas accumulated there. All the seven men were supplied with safety lamps, but during the time they were engaged at their work, previous to the explosion, one of the deceased accidentally broke his lamp, which rendered it quite unsafe. Instead of at once extinguishing and taking the lamp out to the lamp station, as he ought to have done, the deceased continued to work with it, and there can be no doubt that the gas was exploded by that very lamp. Doubtless all, or nearly all, of the seven men were well aware of the defective lamp, and had they insisted, as they ought to have done, on the deceased discontinuing to use it, in all probability no explosion would have ensued. With such calamities, as are unfortunately of such frequent occurrence in this district, it is difficult to conceive how men can be guilty of such recklessness as was evinced in this case.

• 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 167 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: 65 Where to find this report

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