Durham Mining Museum - Llandebie Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)
| Location: | Llandebie12½ miles [20 km] ESE of Carmarthen |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 159 Swansea and Gower) SN611153, 51° 49' 7" N, 4° 0' 56" W |
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| Owners: | Cleeves Western Valleys Anthracite Collieries Ltd. |
| Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1905 - Coal: Anthracite. |
| 1910 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (70,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1905 - 47 (37 below, 10 surface) |
| 1910 - 105 (90 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1923 - 392 | |
| 1933 - 409 | |
| 1937 - 409 | |
| 1940 - 476 (394 below, 82 surface) | |
| 1947 - 404 (340 below, 64 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Lower Pumpquart |
| 1910 - Lower Pumpquart | |
| 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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| | Davies, David Spencer, 08 May 1925, aged 14, Screenboy, Coat sleeve caught in cog wheel and drew him in while cleaning — fatal injuires |
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| | | | | | | Gittres, William, 04 Jan 1925, aged 44, Collier, Empty tram lowered down incline when rope went off road causing some slack — when winding began rope gave a sudden jar breaking sheave frame and tram ran back fatally injuring him |
| | | | | | | Pugh, John, 27 Jan 1915, aged 24, Pumpman, Killed as a result of a journey of trams running wild |
| | | | | | | Young, Robert Henry, 03 Dec 1914, aged 43, Fireman, He was suffocated by trying to reach the face of a rising tophole, 56 yards long, which he knew to be full of CH4 gas, for the purpose of knocking on the coal to find out approximately where, and how far, the road was from another level higher up and to which the tophole was being driven |
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| | 4 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of theCoal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .The CMHRC is available here.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Llandebie Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Llandebie Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1937 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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