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Ian Winstanley

Alphabetical List of Mining Victims in Great Britain

1860 - 1869



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JONES John - 1867 - 25/07/1867 – Age 42 - Collier. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Flint. Drowned in the sump.

JONES John - 1867 - 26/03/1867 – Age 34 - Collier. New Tredegar, George Elliott and Co. Ltd. Rhymney, Monmouth. He was preparing a shot in hard ground when the powder suddenly ignited. It is feared he was using a steel picker.

JONES John - 1867 - 26/10/1867 - Collier. Westminster, Westminster Colliery Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof in 2 yards mine.

JONES John - 1868 - 01/09/1868 – Age 13 - Driver. Ketley, Ketley Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fell off waggon and was crushed.

JONES John - 1868 - 18/06/1868 – Age 23 - Labourer. Cwmdare, Powell’s Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane.

JONES John - 1868 - 21/02/1868 – Age 22 - Collier. Tyr Phil, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Hurt in the head by fall of shale Died 22nd.

JONES John - 1868 - 26/02/1868 – Age 18 - Collier. Mardy, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall whilst drawing away some Coal at the bottom of a slip.

JONES John - 1869 - 08/12/1869 – Age 18 - Collier. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of Coal in No. 15 pit.

JONES John - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 21. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES John - 1869 - 12/06/1869 – Age 27 - Collier. Cadoxton, Evans and Bevan, Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

JONES John - 1869 - 18/03/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. New Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of Big Vein Coal by a slip.

JONES John - 1869 - 25/05/1869. Middle Sinking Pit, Cwmnantddu. Explosion of firedamp. 7 killed.

JONES John - 1869 - 25/09/1869 – Age 14 - Drawer. Waterloo, Plaskynaston Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof while setting props with others.

JONES John - 1869 - 28/04/1869 – Age 19 - Collier. Shelton, Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Crushed through jig chain breaking.

JONES Jonah - 1868 - 16/04/1868 – Age 13 - Labourer. Cwmllynfell, James and Aubrey, Ystalyfera, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane.

JONES Joseph - 1860 - 11/07/1860 - Collier. Coleshill, William Jones, Holywell, Flint. Explosion of firedamp.

JONES Joseph - 1860 - 11/07/1860 - Collier. Coleshill, William Jones, Holywell, Flint. Explosion of firedamp.

JONES Joseph - 1860 - 12/03/1860 – Age 44 - Collier. Abernant, Richard Fothergill and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof (9 feet vein).

JONES Joseph - 1861 - 08/10/1861 – Age 24 - Collier. Machen, Machen Colliery Co., Newport, Monmouth. His partners, up above, had started a tram of coal from the top of one of the ‘Big vein’ stall inclines and had actually neglected to attach it to the chain. He was very deaf and did not hear it coming.

JONES Joseph - 1862 - 05/08/1862 – Age 21 - Mason. Mountain (ironstone), Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fell from carriage. The shaft at the time was undergoing repair.

JONES Joseph - 1864 - 24/08/1864 – Age 30 – Blacksmith. Llynvi Vale, Llynvi Vale Iron Co., Bridgend Glamorgan. Fell down shaft.

JONES Joseph - 1867 - 06/02/1867 - Fireman. Garden Lodge, Garden Lodge Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Being lowered into the water in the shaft.

JONES Joseph - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 17 - Drawer. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

JONES Joseph - 1869 - 17/07/1869 – Age 35 - Collier. Rainford, Rainford Colliery Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

JONES Lemuel - 1861 - 23/10/1861 – Age 26 - Collier. Energlyn, Thomas Thomas, Caerphilly, Glamorgan. He had the proprietor’s brother struck into the old loose and Jones was suffocated by black damp. Thomas very narrowly escaping with his life.

JONES Lewis - 1862 - 19/02/1862. Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

JONES Lewis - 1865 - 20/09/1865 – Age 13 - Labourer. Lower Duffryn, Powell’s Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell in front of trucks.

JONES Lewis - 1866 - 15/02/1866 – Age 23 - Collier. Mynydd-Bach-y-Glo, Alfred Sterry, Swansea, Glamorgan. Got on to trams whilst running up engine plane, and was crushed.

JONES M. - 1863 - 18/07/1863 – Age 17 - Collier. Anson, (ironstone), H Jeavons and Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in gate road.

JONES Meredith - 1861 - 12/07/1861 – Age 40 - Collier. Dowlais Gust and Co. Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

JONES Meshach - 1868 - 30/09/1868. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of gas. 10 killed 13 injured.

JONES Meskech - 1860 - 05/07/1860. Cefn, John Deakin, Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

JONES Morgan - 1860 - 27/10/1860 – Age 47 - Collier. Blaengwawr, David Davies, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of top Coal (9 feet vein).

JONES Morgan - 1861 - 18/04/1861 – Age 38 - Labourer. Cyfartha, William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof stone.

JONES Morgan - 1861 - 30/08/1861 – Age 22 - Miner. Twyn Carro (ironstone), Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of shale in face of his stall whilst holing.

JONES Morgan - 1863 - 20/08/1863 – Age 28 - Collier. Tunnel Workings, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Injured by a fall of roof this day whilst working in his stall. Died 21st Nov.

JONES Morgan - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 18. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty new Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

JONES Morgan - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 36. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

JONES Morgan - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 13. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Morgan - 1869 - 10/06/1869. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Morgan - 1869 - 10/06/1869. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Morris - 1860 - 22/06/1860 - Collier. Blayneau, David Lloyd, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of roof.

JONES Nathaniel - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 58. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty new Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

JONES Owen - 1862 - 11/08/1862 - Collier. Garden Lodge, George Walmsley, Ruabon, Flint. Explosion of gas.

JONES Owen - 1864 - 15/12/1864 – Age 10 - Water fitter. Leeswood, Craig Taylor and Craig, Mold, Flint. Interruption of water. 8 killed.

JONES Peter - 1860 - 08/03/1860 – Age 23 - Pikeman. Springfield, William Haden, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall in thick coal.

JONES Philip - 1864 - 30/05/1864 – Age 27 - Collier. Bedw, Richard Ellis, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from the roof.

JONES R. - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 13 - Trammer. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Partners, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Suffocated in the No.2 black shale pit in consequence of an inundation of water from old workings. Sealed him up for
22 days. 23 killed.

JONES R. - 1865 - 02/08/1865 - Collier. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

JONES R. - 1866 - 03/10/1866 – Age 17 - Loader. Poole Dole, William Hulse, Fenton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

JONES R. - 1869 - 19/01/1869 – Age 13 - Collier. Cwmllynfell, James Aubrey, Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

JONES Rees - 1869 - 18/05/1869 – Age 38 - Collier. Abercrombie, D Davies and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down shaft.

JONES Richard - 1863 - 01/06/1863 – Age 22 - Collier. Graig Level, Rhymney Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of rock in roof in Consequence of a slant. He, with his father, were close under it, taken when it suddenly came down.

JONES Richard - 1863 - 04/08/1863 – Age 54 - Collier. Lower Duffryn, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (4 feet vein).

JONES Richard - 1864 - 15/11/1864 – Age 22 - Collier. Great Mancot, Rose and Plant, Hawarden, Flint. An explosion. 3 killed.

JONES Richard - 1864 - 25/06/1864 – Age 22 - Collier. St. George’s Simms, Willyams and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen Fall of stone from roof.

JONES Richard - 1865 - 26/12/1865 – Age 26 - Sinker. Tondu, J Brogden and Sons, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fell from ‘baulk’ whilst ascending the shaft.

JONES Richard - 1868 - 29/07/1868 – Age 34- Roadsman. South Wales, South Wales Colliery Co. Ltd., Cwm, Tylery, Monmouth. The men were employed to get down some top in a squeezed old road, and they placed a tram on each side of them so that in case of danger there was no escape. Then came the fall of roof. If they had but one tram they would have escaped. 2 killed.

JONES Richard - 1869 - 10/06/1869. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Robert - 1861 - 26/01/1861 – Age 49 – Dataller. Coleshill, William Jones and Co., Holywell, Flint. Fall of stone from side of place.

JONES Robert - 1862 - 02/10/1862 - Collier. Wern, Wern Colliery Co., Bagillt, Flint. Explosion of gas.

JONES Robert - 1863 - 26/09/1863 – Age 15 - Haulier. Dowlais Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof whilst asleep on level heading.

JONES Robert - 1864 - 07/01/1864 - Stone getter. Paul Twilit (ironstone), Thomas Williams Wrexham, Denbigh. Falling out of the chains descending the pit.

JONES Robert - 1866 - 22/06/1866 – Age 42 - Sinker. Bromfield, Bromfield Coal Co., Mold, Flint. Falling down the pit off the top of the water bucket on which he was standing to ascend the pit.

JONES Robert - 1867 - 01/08/1867 – Age 26 - Collier. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gunpowder.

JONES Robert - 1867 - 08/04/1867 – Age 66 - Banksman. Coppa, Coppa Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Falling into pit from top.

JONES Robert - 1868 - 10/09/1868 - Collier. Flint Marsh, John Ormiston and Co., Flint. Fall of roof.

JONES S - 1869 - 08/02/1869 – Age 21 - Collier. Nantmelyn, Mordecai Jones, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

JONES S. - 1861 - 10/08/1861 – Age 16 - Loader. Rounds Green, Bennett and Taylor, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fell out of the skip whilst descending with several others. 2 killed.

JONES S. - 1861 - 17/12/1861 – Age 26 - Miner. Alma, Mr. Holdsworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over by trams on incline.

JONES S. - 1863 - 02/02/1863 – Age 22 - Pikeman. Highfields, Fowler and Co., Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal from a slip.

JONES S. - 1868 - 28/01/1868 – Age 24 – Bondsman. Old Park, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick coal pit from a slip.

JONES Sam - 1866 - /05/1866 – Age 36 - Sinker. Bromfield, Bromfield Coal Co., Mold, Flint. Explosion. 2 killed.

JONES Samuel - 1861 - 29/03/1861. Mostyn, Executors of late T. Cookney Mostyn Flint. Fall of roof.

JONES Samuel - 1862 01/07/1862 - Miner. Bardsley, Bardsley Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Caught between the cage and the landing frame when descending the Diamond pit shaft.

JONES Samuel - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 38. Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

JONES Samuel - 1863 - 07/03/1863 – Age 23 - Collier. Navigation, Nixon Taylor and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. (locked lamp Colliery) 2 killed.

JONES Samuel - 1865 - 13/01/1865 – Age 19 - Labourer. Frood, Sparrow and Poole, Wrexham, Denbigh. Falling into shaft from surface.

JONES Samuel - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 33 - Collier. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

JONES T - 1868 - 16/05/1868 – Age 34 - Collier. Cwmdu, Brogden and Sons, Maesteg, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas.

JONES T. - 1862 - 03/11/1862 – Age 60 - Collier. Bells Mill, Earl Granville, Shelton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

JONES T. - 1866 - 22/01/1866 – Age 44 - Sinker. Yew Tree, Mrs Gibbons, Coseley, Staffordshire. Fell from scaffold in sinking pit.

JONES T. - 1866 - 25/01/1866 – Age 15 - Collier. Park Head, Evers and Martin, Dudley, Worcestershire. Crushed under loaded skip in gateroad.

JONES T. - 1868 - 06/01/1868 – Age 40 – Stoker, Coed-y-Goe, WO Savin, Oswestry, Shropshire. The water barrel drawn over pulley fell on him.

JONES Thomas - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 21. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

JONES Thomas - 1860 - 01/12/1860. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

JONES Thomas - 1860 - 02/02/1860 – Age 11 - Door Boy. Gadlys, Thomas Wayne and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell under trams underground.

JONES Thomas - 1860 - 18/03/1860 – Age 26 - Collier. Old Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Fall of the elled roof which broke over timber but some dangerous slips and joints then became exhibited.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 01/10/1861 – Age 28 - Miner. Cwmsychan (ironstone), Darby Brown and Co. Abersychan, Monmouth. Fall of a large stone in an old stall.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 03/06/1861 – Age 19 - Collier. Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Worked in fathers stall where the stone was propped on Saturday but on Monday they knocked away the timber and some loose stone fell which he set to work to break up but right under the main mass from which the support had been taken away.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 03/10/1861. Pit at Abersychan, Monmouth. Fall of a stone.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 04/04/1861 - Hitcher. Dowlais (ironstone), Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Broken arm.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 06/11/1861. Whitley, Messrs. Cardwell, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Fall of stone in the shaft.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 08/03/1861 – Age 34 - Collier. Blaengwawr, David Davies, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Explosion of gas in the workings with naked lights. Inspector had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps. 13 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 12 - Collier. Lletty Shenkin, Executors of Mrs. Rees, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof 4 feet Coal.

JONES Thomas - 1861 - 26/09/1861 - Collier. South Mostyn, Adam Eyton, Mostyn, Flint. Explosion of gas. 10 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1862 - 15/02/1862 - Collier. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

JONES Thomas - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 20. Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1863 - 06/09/1863 – Age 15 - Miner. Ystalyfera (ironstone), JP Budd, Swansea, Glamorgan. Run over in Blackband level.

JONES Thomas - 1863 - 31/03/1863 – Age 28 - Hooker-on. Mostyn, Mostyn Coal Co., Mostyn, Flint. A piece of one of the guide rods fell upon him in the pit.

JONES Thomas - 1864 - 02/05/1864 – Age 26 - Miner. Gadlys (ironstone), Gadlys Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

JONES Thomas - 1864 - 06/07/1864 – Age 49 - Haulier. Coity, Blaenavon Iron Co., Blaenavon, Monmouth. They were descending the pit (to shoe the horses) against a loaded tram when the engine caught the lower ‘fans’ and jerked them out. They fell 14 yards and Jones was killed on the spot and Parry so injured that he died the same day. 2 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1864 - 06/07/1864. Coity Pit, Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fell down shaft. 2 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1864 - 16/11/1864 – Age 27 - Collier. Abergwawr, David Davies, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gunpowder.

JONES Thomas - 1864 - 18/08/1864 – Age 14 - Collier. Plymouth, Fothergill and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

JONES Thomas - 1864 - 29/12/1864 – Age 17 - Collier. Gadlys, Gadlys Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell down the shaft whilst ascending. 2 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1865 - 05/05/1865 – Age 54 - Collier. Berrington, Berrington Coal Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

JONES Thomas - 1865 - 08/05/1865 – Age 45 - Collier. Aston Hall, Messrs. Fenton and Co., Buckley, Mold, Flint. Fall of roof in Wall Bench mine.

JONES Thomas - 1865 - 15/08/1865 - Pony Driver. Bridge, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by trains and tubs below ground.

JONES Thomas - 1865 - 16/12/1865 – Age 21 - Collier. Pontyclerc, John Lloyd, Llanelly, Carmarthen Explosion of gas.

JONES Thomas - 1866 - 26/05/1866 – Age 42 - Hitcher. Vochriw, Guest and Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by carriage. Mistake in knocking. 2 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1867 - 30/10/1867 – Age 48 - Collier. Old Duffryn, Powell’s Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by firing a shot.

JONES Thomas - 1868 - 07/07/1868 – Age 41 - Labourer. Mostyn, Mostyn Coal Co., Holywell Flint. Fall of roof.

JONES Thomas - 1868 - 08/01/1868 – Age 50 - Collier. No.9, Fothergill and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan Killed by fall of Coal.

JONES Thomas - 1868 - 10/07/1868 – Age 27 - Haulier. Bryndewy Neath, Abbey Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by kick of a horse.

JONES Thomas - 1868 - 30/05/1868 – Age 62 - Collier. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

JONES Thomas - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 14. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 24. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 28. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES Thomas - 1869 - 25/05/1869 - Collier. Cwmnantddu, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 7 killed.

JONES Thomas E - 1869 - 11/11/1869 – Age 25 - Collier. Hendreforgan, Alexander Bain, Ystalyfera, Glamorgan. Killed by explosion of gas. 6 killed.

JONES Timothy - 1860 - 10/02/1860 – Age 25 - Loader. Bradley, Thorneycroft’s, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of a mass of Coal in the new mine and fireclay coal seams.

JONES Titus - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 16 Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

JONES W - 1868 - 09/09/1868 - Pikeman. Costal, New British Iron Co., Corngreaves, Worcestershire. Injured by fall of Coal in thick coal pit whilst cutting back a spurn on 7th. Died this day.

JONES W - 1869 - 08/10/1869 – Age 27 - Collier. Pentyrch, Booker and Co., Cardiff, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

JONES W. - 1861 - 17/04/1861 – Age 19 - Collier. Willingsworth (ironstone), J.H. Haines, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall out of the skip whilst ascending alone.

JONES W. - 1862 - 26/03/1862 – Age 38 - Collier. Apedale, J E Heathcote, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

JONES W. - 1864 - 25/03/1864 – Age 66 - Pikeman. Bilston, Meadows Jones and Murcott, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in new mine Coal workings.

JONES W. - 1865 - 04/03/1865 – Age 42 - Collier. Duffryn, Powell’s Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

JONES W. - 1865 - 09/09/1865 – Age 14 - Collier. Amman, Amman Iron Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of Coal.

JONES W. - 1868 - 07/07/1868 – Age 54 – Chartermaster. Capponfield, D Jones and Sons, Bilston, Staffordshire. Overwinding. Injured 6th.Died this day.

JONES W. - 1869 - 06/10/1869 - Collier. Dynevor, Dynevor Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

JONES William - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 42. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

JONES William - 1860 - 01/12/1860. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

JONES William - 1860 - 06/06/1860 - Collier. Gwendraeth, Daniel Watney, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of Coal in stall.

JONES William - 1860 - 10/10/1860 – Age 12 - Waggoner. Vron, Messrs. Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of Coal.

JONES William - 1861 - 17/10/1861 – Age 50 - Collier. Gadlys, Thomas Wayne and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal (9 feet).

JONES William - 1861 - 25/09/1861 – Age 13 - Miner. No.2 Mine pit (ironstone), Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of stone whilst throwing back mine.

JONES William - 1861 - 27/06/1861 – Age 42 - Miner. Mine Level (ironstone), Pontypool Iron Co., Pontypool, Monmouth. Fall of stone.

JONES William - 1861 - 27/06/1861. Level at Lower Race, Monmouth. Fall of rubbish.

JONES William - 1861 - 28/06/1861 – Age 17 - Loader. Old Park (ironstone), Old Park Co., Shifnal, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

JONES William - 1862 - 11/02/1862 – Age 14 - Collier. Hirwain Limited Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Run over on incline on surface.

JONES William - 1863 - 04/06/1863 – Age 12 - Collier. Synborwen, Samuel Thomas, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Run over on heading.

JONES William - 1863 - 05/06/1863 – Age 41 - Collier. Cwmdare, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall (4 feet vein).

JONES William - 1863 - 09/12/1863 – Age 48 - Collier. Wynstay, A New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Flint. Explosion of gas. 13 killed.

JONES William - 1863 - 17/10/1863. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion, of gas. 39 killed.

JONES William - 1863 - 17/10/1863. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion, of gas. 39 killed.

JONES William - 1863 - 23/03/1863 - Collier. Tregob, William Harris, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Inundation of water. 2 killed.

JONES William - 1863 - 24/07/1863 – Age 38 – Waterman. Deep Duffryn, Nixon Taylor and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone in waste (4 feet vein).

JONES William - 1863 - 26/01/1863 – Age 18 - Collier. Ruabon, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof in yard mine.

JONES William - 1863 - 27/11/1863 – Age 12 - Doorboy. Glyn Ebbw Vale Co., Pontypool, Monmouth. Left his door to amuse himself with the trams and got crushed by them. Died 3rd Dec.

JONES William - 1863 - 30/12/1863 – Age 37 - Engineman. Old Brithdir, PT Woodruffe, Rhymney Valley Monmouth. Got entangled and the resistance of his body actually stopped the engine. The fly wheel was not fenced.

JONES William - 1864 - 06/07/1864 - Collier. Bucknall, Gerrard and Hawkes, Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

JONES William - 1864 - 15/12/1864 – Age 23 - Collier. Leeswood, Craig Taylor and Craig Mold, Flint. Interruption of water. 8 killed.

JONES William - 1865 - 09/03/1865 – Age 33 – Stoker. A Pit, The New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Flint. Collapsing of a boiler flue on the surface.

JONES William - 1865 - 12/09/1865 – Age 19 - Collier. Brynmally, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of Coal at slip in Brassey mine.

JONES William - 1865 - 13/10/1865 – Age 28 - Haulier. Llettyshenkin, Llettyshenkin Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell in front of trams.

JONES William - 1865 - 18/10/1865 – Age 28 - Haulier. Abergwawr, Powell’s Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

JONES William - 1865 - 21/12/1865 - Collier. Shireoaks, Shireoaks Co., Worksop Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

JONES William - 1865 - 23/10/1865 – Age 15 - Boy. Eastfield, TG Buchanan, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Fall of stones from the side of the mine.

JONES William - 1866 - 28/03/1866 - Collier. Leeswood Green, Leeswood Green Cannel Co., Mold, Flint. Fall of Coal in the level.

JONES William - 1867 - 02/10/1867 – Age 15 - Trammer. Gwendraeth, David Watney, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by tram passing over him.

JONES William - 1867 - 24/05/1867 – Age 17 - Collier. Black Vein, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. The father working in the stall and his sons, with him and being desirous of getting a large quantity of coal to ensure his pay he had worked all day with the young people after which the 2 boys continued another ‘turn’ though fatigued. They met with a smooth slip in the Coal which immediately fell and killed them. The father was to blame but a more ridged discipline would prevent accidents like these. 2 killed.

JONES William - 1867 - 27/03/1867 - Collier. Wooley, Wooley Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

JONES William - 1867 - 30/05/1867 – Age 24 - Collier. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Flint. Drowned in the sump.

JONES William - 1868 - 01/01/1868 – Age 24 - Collier. Tondu, Brogden and Sons, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

JONES William - 1868 - 02/04/1868 – Age 16 - Collier. Tunnel, Fothergill and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of Coal.

JONES William - 1868 - 16/01/1868 – Age 27 - Collier. Aberdare, Merthyr Aberdare, Merthyr Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

JONES William - 1868 - 19/02/1868 – Age 24 - Underground stoker. Tunnel, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd, Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. The terrific gale on the mountain that day suspended the ventilation of the Colliery for a short time in Consequence of there being no stack on the upcast. The products of combustion of the underground boiler backed and overpowered him.

JONES William - 1868 - 21/01/1868 – Age 15 - Collier. Dynevor, Dynevor Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on surface.

JONES William - 1868 - 21/10/1868 – Age 28 - Collier. Oakthorpe, Executors of the Marquis of Hastings, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

JONES William - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 30. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

JONES William - 1869 - 13/12/1869 – Age 48 - Labourer. Park Slip, D Davies and Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed on engine plane, by trams.

JORDAN G - 1867 - 11/12/1867 – Age 27 - Bandsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of white Coal in thick coal pit from roof 20lbs weight.

JOSEPHS Henry - 1868 - 23/04/1868 – Age 13- Doorboy. Ferndale, D Davis and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

JOSIAH Joseph - 1867 - 23/01/1867 - Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Clifton, Manchester, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Trencherbone Mine. Died 5th Feb.

JOWITT John - 1868 - 19/01/1868 – Age 30. Dean Lane, Isaac Wood and Son, Bradford, Yorkshire. Threw himself down shaft.

JOY William - 1867 - 22/08/1867 – Age 51 - Collier. Hunsworth, Bowling Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

JUDGE James - 1869 - 09/04/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Coats, Thomas Jackson, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

JUKES E. - 1861 - 26/06/1861 – Age 33 - Collier. Pelsall, Davies and Bloomer, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in thin Coal pit. Injured 25th. Died this day.

JUKES J. - 1865 - 17/02/1865 – Age 18 - Bandsman. Barn Farm, Messrs. Williams, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in new mine and fireclay Coals.

JUKES R - 1866 - 10/05/1866 – Age 32 - Pikeman. Old Park, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of roof in thick coal. Injured 26th Apr. Died this day.

JUTSON, Thomas - 1860 - 14/09/1860 – Age 40 - Ground Bailiff. Capponfield, Barkers, Bilston, Staffordshire. There being a defective drum ring (one quarter being gone) the Engineman begged of him not to descend but he insisted and he fell out of the skip.

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