Durham Mining Museum - Cwmllynfell Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)
| Location: | Upper Cwmturch, Swansea Valley13 miles [20 km] NNE of Swansea |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 160 Breacon Beacons) SN747120, 51° 47' 32" N, 3° 49' 1" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | Colliery Investment Trust Ltd. |
| Henderson's Welsh Anthracite Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (70,000 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - 199 (155 below, 44 surface) |
| 1933 - 215 (170 below, 45 surface) | |
| 1940 - 413 (342 below, 71 surface) | |
| 1947 - 317 (240 below, 77 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
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| | | | Edwards, R., 30 Oct 1872, aged 15, Collier, Killed by fall of coal |
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| | | | | | | Harris, William, 23 Jul 1914, aged 34, Hitcher, He appears to have been carried up 5 or 6 yards by the ascending cage and crushed between it and the woodwork. It is thought the automatic catch, for holding trams in cage, failed to act, and in trying to right it before the cage went away, and after he had given the signal, he was carried up |
| | | | | | | Jenkins, Edward, 16 Jan 1859, aged 34, Pumpman, Fell part way down pumping shaft |
| | | | | | | Jones, Jonah, 16 Apr 1868, aged 13, Labourer, Killed by trams on engine plane |
| | | | | | | Jones, R., 19 Jan 1869, aged 13, Collier, Killed by trams |
| | | | | | | Lodwick, Thomas, 31 Aug 1854, aged 50, Collier, Crushed between platform and side of pit |
| | | | | | | Morgan, Bertie, 31 Aug 1914, aged 15, Collier's Helper, Fall of roof near working place. Two other persons were injured |
| | | | | | | Powell, Evan, 27 Jun 1853, Collier, Fall of roof |
| | | | | | | Rees, Thomas, 12 Nov 1909, aged 45, Assistant pitman, In a shaft ; while engaged in releasing pulley-block ropes which had been used in lowering a steam pump from the surface to shaft bottom, the deceased was in a bowk disentangling a rope from the water column, when the rope due to its weight was drawn over the pulley at the top, and fell down the shaft. Rees either fell off the bowk in the jerk when the rope flew upwards, or when the rope fell down the shaft. The deceased fell a distance of 50 yards and was killed |
| | | | | | | Rowlands, Lewis, 23 Nov 1869, aged 48, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal |
| | | | | | | Williams, Isaac, 13 May 1865, aged 19, Collier, Fell from carriage whilst assisting pit carpenter to repair shaft |
| | | | | | | Williams, John, 23 Mar 1912, (accident: 31 Jan 1912), aged 55, Fireman, He slightly injured his knee by falling on some surface rails. He died from septic poisoning and heart failure on March 23rd, 1912 |
| | | | | | | Williams, T. J., 03 Dec 1873, aged 28, Collier, Killed by fall of roof |
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| | 13 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.
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Credits
Sources:
- 1853 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
- 1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, South Wales District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Swansea District (No. 11) by J. Dyer Lewis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1923 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
- 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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