Durham Mining Museum - Groesfaen Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)
| Location: | Groesfaen7 miles [12 km] SE of Merthyr Tydfil |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 171 Cardiff and Newport) SO135006, 51° 41' 49" N, 3° 15' 6" W |
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| Owners: | Rhymney Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Powell Duffryn Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (255,600 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - 980 (850 below, 130 surface) |
| 1933 - 1,270 (1,100 below, 170 surface) | |
| 1947 - 856 (693 below, 163 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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| | | | Bromley, William, 13 Jul 1913, (accident: 04 Jul 1913), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. When drawing down a piece of coal, a triangular stone fell out from the roof and injured his spine. He died on July 13th, 1913 |
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| | | | | | | Bufton, Joseph, 25 Jun 1913, (accident: 30 May 1913), aged 18, Collier Boy, His fingers were crushed as he attempted to sprag a tram. He died of blood poisoning on June 25th, 1913 |
| | | | | | | Cooper, John, 21 Jan 1912, (accident: 16 Jan 1912), aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A "bell" stone fell out from between two posts and crop with the coal, causing severe injuries to head. Died January 21st, 1912 |
| | | | | | | Cutter, David, 19 Apr 1915, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Davies, Edward, 22 Feb 1915, aged 18, Assistant Collier, Crushed by the fall of a large stone, a yard long, 2ft. 6in. wide, and 18in. Thick |
| | | | | | | Donovan, William, 04 Feb 1914, (accident: 30 Jan 1914), aged 22, Night Labourer, He was on his way out from work and instead of taking refuge in a manhole he stood on the inside of a curve while a full journey was being hauled by. The front tram left the rails and crushed him against an arm of timber. He died on February 4th, 1914 |
| | | | | | | Dunn, James, 01 Apr 1914, aged 42, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof when repairing a heading road |
| | | | | | | Evans, John, 31 Dec 1924, (accident: 29 Dec 1924, 1.50 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 61, Collier, A rope-changer had signalled for his journey to move. Without his knowledge, Evans, who was walking towards the pit, was passing the journey, and he was caught by a tram against the side, being injured so severely that he died two days later. Oil flame safety lamp used |
| | | | | | | Gregory, William, 07 Jul 1905, 8.30 a.m., aged 41, Sinker, Deceased was attending to other sinkers, who were walling the shaft, when a "bowk," filled with bricks, was lowered rapidly and crashed through the stage upon which they were standing. Deceased fell through the hole so made into 12 feet of water, which had accumulated in the bottom. He was in all probability struck on the head and stunned by the bowk, or he would have escaped, as he was a good swimmer. The engineman said that he failed to pull over the reversing lever, and was therefore unable to stop his engine |
| | | | | | | Jones, John, 20 Jan 1914, aged 49, Surface foreman, Just before the cage at the surface was signalled away he was seen with his hand resting on some timber in trams on the cage. As the cage left the surface he was seen to fall into the shaft |
| | | | | | | Llewellyn, John, 15 Jul 1910, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof on stall road while barring nippings down |
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| | Price, Edward Thomas, 16 Nov 1928, (accident: 05 Nov 1928), aged 61, Labourer, Crushed between hitching plate and buffer. Died 16th |
| | | | | | | Roberts, Evan, 14 Oct 1914, (accident: 01 Oct 1914), aged 47, Assistant Timberman, Fall of roof while repairing on main level. He died from his injuries on October 4th, 1914 |
| | | | | | | Roberts, Henry, 19 Apr 1915, aged 45, Ripper, Fall of roof [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Selby, Frank, 03 Dec 1908, aged 24, Collier, At face, cliff, 19 feet by 5 feet by 33 inches thick, fell from a smooth diagonal slant on deceased as he was measuring the length of prop required to be set under the middle of the stone. The fireman visited the place half an hour previously, and instructed deceased to set a prop, but I am afraid that he delayed setting the prop so as to cut some more coal. Ras Las seam |
| | | | | | | Trigg, Albert, 10 Dec 1910, (accident: 28 May 1910), aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof at working face while he was preparing to set a post. Died 10th December, 1910 |
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| | 16 names found | | | | | |
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Credits
Sources:
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, 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
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Cardiff and Newport Division (No. 6) by J. M. Carey, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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
- 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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