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REES John - 1898 - 23/05/1898 – Age 24 – Rider. Pentre, Cory Bros. and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. He slipped off the rope while riding in front of a journey and was run over. Died 22nd April (?)

REES Johnathan - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 29 – Ripper. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

REES Joseph - 1890 – 06/02/1890 – Age 13 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

REES Joseph - 1899 – 29/12/1899 – Age 60 – Labourer. Coegnant, Norths Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was pinching a loaded wagon, out from under the screens, when a locomotive pushed some empty wagons against it and crushed him against a truck standing at the screens.

REES Llewellyn - 1894 – 23/06/1894 – Age 43 – Ripper. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

REES Morgan John - 1895 – 17/05/1895 – Age 14 – Collier’s boy. Aberaman, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. While passing along the face a pounce burst a block of coal out from a regular back slip and a cross rider with a six-inch clod above it. It was 6 foot long, from 9 to 27 inches wide, and 4 foot thick, the full thickness of the seam. Not spragged. Seven feet seam.

REES or POWELL Thomas - 1891 – 29/09/1891 – Age 39 – Pumpman. Glyn Collenna, Glamorgan Colliery Co. Ltd., Llantrissant, Glamorgan. Drowned by an influx of water in face of a dip slant, in course of being driven. The water came from old workings the existence of which was unknown.

REES Pryce - 1892 – 02/09/1892 – Age 40 – Banksman. Vauxhall, Vauxhall Colliery Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Inquiry made. Deceased was bringing two waggons down, the last one running stiffly, he proceeded with the first one towards the screens when the last waggon overtook him unexpectedly and deceased got crushed between the buffers. Died Sept. 12th.

REES Rees - 1893 – 28/04/1893 – Age 15 – Collier’s boy. Cwmneol, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Aberdare Glamorgan. Struck by a journey of loaded trams while walking up engine plane.

REES Richard - 1897 - 22/01/1897 – Age 27 - Slate getter. Cymeray slate, A Poore and C Wilkinson, Merioneth. Unexpected fall of rock in which he was boring a hole. Killed on the spot.

REES Richard - 1899 - 20/04/1899 – Age 24 – Rider. Eastern, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. While riding on the rope, in front of a journey, he fell off and was run over.

REES Rowland - 1893 - 14/12/1893 – Age 41 – Labourer. Ferndale No. 3, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Ystrad, Glamorgan. While assisting the hitcher to pull a tram out of the cage, the cage was lifted and he was crushed against the byatt.

REES Samuel - 1899 - 19/08/1899 – Age 26 – Repairer. Llest, Llest Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 19 killed.

REES Simon - 1895 - 22/03/1895 – Age 45 – Fireman. Bwllfa, Bwllfa & Merthyr Dare Steam Collieries (1891) Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of clift, 3.5 feet x 1.5 feet x 2 inches thick on heading, not timbered at place.

REES Thomas (injured) - 1891 - 29/12/1891 – Age 27 – Miner. Oakeley (slate). Two gangs of miners were driving respectively east and west with the object of meeting. Rees, who was driving west retired some 20 yards to a place he considered safe, when the men driving east fired their shots. These broke through the intervening partition and Rees was struck on the neck by a stone which probably rebounded from the side of the level before hitting him. The explosive used was gelignite. 2 weeks off.

REES Thomas (non-fatal) - 1893 - 10/08/1893 – Age 28 – Miner. Oakeley (slate). He was ramming a wad upon a charge of gelignite with a brass yipped tamping bar when it exploded. Injuries slight. Three and half weeks off.

REES Thomas - 1890 - 08/12/1890 – Age 34 – Sinker. Tillery Vivian Sinking, Powells Tillery Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Abertillery, Monmouth. Nine shots, with 2.5 lbs. of gelatine dynamite each having been fired by electricity about 5.30 a.m. This shift of men came on at 6 and filled the loosened stone up until 1 p.m. when while a steel point was being driven to get up a stone which had been shaken, one of the shots or part of one which had previously failed to go off exploded, 10 men being at the time in the pit bottom. It resulted in the death of three men and serious personal injury to four others.

REES Thomas - 1890 - 21/11/1890 – Age 50 – Haulier. Norths’ Navigation, Norths’ Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Maesteg, Glamorgan. While unhitching his horse, from trams near pit bottom, the front tram went off the rails and caught his foot. Died 7th Dec.

REES Thomas - 1891 - 27/05/1891 – Age 62 – Labourer. Bute Merthyr, Lady Margaret Marquess of Bute, Treherbert, Glamorgan. Crushed between tram of rubbish and road side, the tram having run down a heading with deceased about 20 yards in front of it. It was stated that the shaft-pin came on while deceased and the haulier were turning the horse and tram into a stall from the heading which was rising from 1 in 30 to 1 in 18.

REES Thomas - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 25 – Collier. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

REES Thomas - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 35 – Collier. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

REES Thomas - 1893 - 21/09/1893 – Age 12 - Collier’s boy. Dowlais Cwmbargoed, Dowlais Iron Co. Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Fall of side (coal and clod 5 feet x 8 inches x 18 inches thick) the face was slightly overhanging but was not spragged. Top coal seam.

REES Thomas - 1894 - 19/11/1894 – Age 18 – Rider. Coutherbert Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Neath, Glamorgan. Run over by a journey of loaded trams. He was riding up an engine plane, on the rope attached to the journey, when he either slipped off and fell in front of the journey or he was thrown off by the jerking of the first tram through its getting off the rails.

REES Thomas - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 33 – Ripper. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

REES Thomas - 1895 - 16/07/1895 – Age 52 – Collier. Abercrave, Abercrave Colliery Co. Abercrave, Brecon. Explosion of firedamp in the Big Vein (anthracite) workings, during the night shift, burning the deceased fatally and three others slightly. Naked lights used.

REES Thomas - 1895 - 27/07/1895 – Age 32 – Collier. Ferndale No. 1, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of clod at face, 3 feet x 15 inches x 12 inches, from between two slips. Roof fairly well timbered. Elled or 2 foot 9 seam.

REES Thomas - 1897 - 11/06/1897 – Age 39 – Repairer. Garth Merthyr, Garth Merthyr Colliery Co., Glamorgan. Overwinding. 9 killed.

REES William - 1890 - 16/05/1890 – Age 23 – Haulier. Aberdare No. 9, Aberdare Works and Collieries Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

REES William - 1891 - 06/10/1891 – Age 43 – Collier. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of a "face-slip" of coal, 9 foot long 15 inches  thick at top running to nothing 5 foot below, which broke over two sprags. Upper 4-foot seam, 6.5 foot thick. Longwall.

REES William - 1893 – 07/09/1893 – Age 45 – Collier. Rhymney, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of roof coal from slips. He was holding a light for his comrade, who was knocking out a prop 2 or 3 yards lower down in the roadway. They all thought he was in a perfectly safe place and so should I have thought so.

REES William - 1893 – 14/10/1893 – Age 48 – Shunter. Lower Deep, John Lancaster and Co. Ltd., Blaina, Monmouth. On the surface. He appears to have stumbled or fallen in front of the railway trucks which he was engaged in shunting and was run over.

REES William - 1897 – 05/06/1897 – Age 18 – Haulier. North’s No. 9, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. In attempting to jump on an empty journey he fell between the trams.

REES Wyndham - 1890 – 15/02/1890 – Age 25 – Collier. Tylor’s, A Tylor and Co. Ltd., Tylorstown, Glamorgan. Fall of clod from roof while pulling down coal from face. Two props, 5 foot apart, were discharged. 4 foot seam. Longwall.

REEVES David J. - 1898 – 20/10/1898 – Age 15 – Collier. New Tredegar No. 1, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of roof from a slip and smooth joint in a road where he was clearing rubbish.

REEVES Frederick - 1891 – 02/10/1891 – Age 35 – Screener. Weston Coyney, Park Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Fell off platform at screen. Fencing too open.

REEVES Richard - 1894 – 23/06/1894 – Age 23 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

REFFORD Thomas (non-fatal) - 1890 – 17/10/1890 – Miner. Cadder No. 16, Carron Co., Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

REGAN John - 1890 – 06/02/1890 – Age 16 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

REGAN Martin (injured) - 1894 – 06/11/1894 – Age 40 – Collier. Sutherland, Staffordshire Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Great Fenton, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from face holing in Ash Seam. Leg broken.

REGAN Patrick - 1891 - 18/08/1891 – Age 21 – Dataler. Garswood Hall, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased men were clearing up some metal roofing, which had been blown down some hours previously, when a quantity of metal from the sides of the roadway fell upon them and before they could get away a second fall took place and buried them. 2 killed. 6.15 am.

REGAN William - 1890 – 06/02/1890 – Age 14 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

REID Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 – 21/01/1893 – Age 30 – Miner. Polbeith & Limefield, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of gas. 85 days off.

REID Alexander (non-fatal) - 1894 – 21/02/1894 – Age 12 – Picker. Benhar, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fell off plank. 7 days off.

REID Andrew (non-fatal) - 1891 – 01/05/1891 – Miner. Overton No. 3, Glencarnock Iron and Steel Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp.

REID Archibald (non-fatal) - 1892 – 19/12/1892 – Age 30 – Stooper. Shawfield, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. Still off.

REID Archibald (non-fatal) - 1892 – 20/01/1892 – Age 46 – Collier. Brownlee, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 81 days off.

REID Charles - 1893 – 02/03/1893 – Age 24 – Screenman. Ross, Thomas Barr, Lanarkshire. Run over by waggon.

REID Charles - 1896 – 21/02/1896 – Age 21 – Bottomer. Cadzow, Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While bringing out a rake of full hutches, attached to bogie on endless rope haulage road, he came too far and collided with other hutches and was crushed. Deceased was not authorised to interfere with the rakes.

REID Henry (non-fatal) - 1891 – 14/11/1891 – Age 27 – Roadsman. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Crushed by carriage. Still off.

REID Henry - 1895 – 20/06/1895 – Age 30 – Shifter. Dorothea, Earl of Durham, Co.Durham. Died today from the effects of injuries to back by fall of stone June 4th 1894.

REID James (non-fatal) - 1893 – 27/08/1893 – Age 22 – Miner. Shieldhill, Carron Co., Stirling. Explosion of shot.

REID James (non-fatal) - 1894 – 22/05/1894 – Age 25 – Fireman. Pentland & Straiton, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Crushed when riding on water chest.

REID Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 – 10/11/1892 – Lampman. Wester Gartshore, J and AF Wallace, Kirkintilloch, Ayrshire. Ignition of lamp oil. 2 injured.

REID Samuel - 1890 – 29/05/1890 – Age 21 – Miner. Quarter No. 7, Colin Dunlop and Co., Lanarkshire. Crushed by cage. 7.00 am.

REID Thomas (non-fatal) - 1890 – 03/02/1890 – Miner. Fergushill No. 26, Archibald Finnie and Son, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

REID Thomas (non-fatal) - 1893 – 16/09/1893 – Age 33 – Miner. Balognie, CB Balfour, Fife. Fall of head coal.

REID William (non-fatal) - 1890 – 06/12/1890 – Miner. Gilbertfield No. 1, Cambuslang Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Crushed by the cage while crossing the cage seat.

REID William (non-fatal) - 1890 – 07/07/1890 – Roadsman. Fergushill No. 29, Archibald Finnie and Son, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 injured.

REID William (non-fatal) - 1890 – 14/05/1890 – Miner. Busbie No. 6, Busbie Coal Co. Ltd., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at working face.

REID William (non-fatal) - 1890 – 24/03/1890 – Miner. Gilbertfield No. 2, Cambuslang Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp 1 killed 1 injured.

REID William (non-fatal) - 1892 – 24/06/1892 – Age 20 – Collier. Balgonie, CB Balfour, Fife. Fall of roof. 34 days off.

REID William - 1893 – 09/02/1893 – Age 21 – Bottomer. Bardykes, Merry and Cuninghame, Newton, Lanarkshire. Pushed a hutch into the shaft, by a midworking, and fell with it 22 fathoms.

REID William - 1896 – 19/08/1896 – Age 19 – Labourer. Auchinlea (quarry), Thomas Gibb and Sons, Lanarkshire. While jib of crane was to be lowered it got out of gear and fell on deceased.

REID William - 1899 – 15/04/1899 – Age 53 – Miner. Glenbuck, Galawhistle Cairntable Gas Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. Fall of coal while taking it down.

REILLY Peter - 1894 – 30/05/1894 – Age 62 – Bottomer. Govan No. 6, William Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Crushed by the cage while crossing the cage seat.

RELPH Thomas - 1896 – 14/02/1896 – Age 33 – Miner. Roanhead (metalliferous), Kennedy Bros., Dalton, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The hanging side of a vein working suddenly collapsed burying the deceased whose body was not recovered until the lapse of 15 hours. The upper portion of the worked out vein was timbered with pillars and "stemples," and the working had been officially examined only half an hour previous to the accident, and considered perfectly safe.

RENDER John (rescued) - 1896 – 30/04/1896. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

RENDLE William (non-fatal) - 1893 – 15/12/1893 – Age 38 – Miner. Devon Great Consols (metalliferous), Devon Great Consols Ltd., Tavistock, Devon. Had two fingers broker while moving a piece of timber in the 130 fathom level.

RENFREW Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 – 20/10/1892 – Engineer. Tollcross, James Stokes and Son, Tollcross, Lanarkshire. Fell through opening in floor of enginehouse while erecting machinery.

RENNIE Andrew (non-fatal) - 1893 - 27/09/1893 – Age 28 – Miner. Lassodie Mill, Rosewell Gas Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of stone. 84 days off.

RENNIE David - 1897 - 03/02/1897 – Age 22 – Brusher. Barrwood No. 2, Stirling. Fall of roof on road while passing beneath it.

RENNIE George - 1893 - 12/06/1893 – Age 53 – Miner. Mosside, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Fall of coal.

RENNIE James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 17/02/1891 – Miner. Woodhill No. 14, Merry and Cuninghame, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

RENNIE James - 1892 - 07/04/1892 – Age 26 – Balancer. Lea Green, Sutton Heath & Lea Green Colliery Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was packing when a stone fell from an old endway injuring his neck, he succumbed to the injuries received on April 14th.

RENNIE John - 1897 - 22/10/1897 – Age 15 – Drawer. Walkinshaw No. 2, Merry and Cunninghame Ltd., Renfrew. While descending the shaft, with another seven persons, he fell out of the cage.

RENNIE William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 12/03/1894 – Age 23 – Miner. Greenfield & Whitehill, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face.

RENNIE William - 1892 - 11/01/1892 – Age 40 – Screenman. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Crushed by trucks. 10.20 pm.

RENSHAW James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 19/05/1893 – Age 16 – Miner. Earnock, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 56 days off.

RENSHAW James - 1892 - 16/06/1892 – Age 29 – Stallman. Southgate, Shire Oaks Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Working coal through faulty ground. Died the same day.

RENSHAW Joseph - 1895 - 11/011/1895 – Age 35 – Deputy. Blackwell, A Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. An explosion in Low Main coal, main haulage road. 7 killed.

RENSHAW William - 1895 - 01/03/1895 – Age 54 – Contractor. Lingard Lane No. 2, J and R Scott-Milne, Cheshire. Fall of roof at fault line while timbering in a tunnel. Died 2nd Mar.

RENWICK Thomas - 1894 - 01/06/1894 – Age 19 – Wagonman. Sacriston, Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. While lowering wagons down to the screens his foot got fast in a crossing and he was run over.

RESTON John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 24/01/1890 – Age 30 – Drawer. Braidenhill, Ferrier and Strain, Lanarkshire. Left bruised by tub. 21 days off.

RETALLACK George (non-fatal) - 1893 - 18/10/1893 – Age 23 - Stamps watcher. South Frances United (metalliferous), South Frances United Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. Skull slightly fractured by a winch or crane handle which slipped from his hands while engaged raising a stamp head which was being replaced.

RETALLICK Richard - 1898 - 19/03/1898 – Age 48 – Quarryman. Rosemellyn Clay Quarry, Cornwall. Died on the 18th June from pneumonia. He met with a slight accident, when at work, at the works on the 19th Mar. but from the doctors evidence this had nothing to do with the cause of his death.

REVILL J. - 1893 - 26/01/1893 – Age 22 – Collier. Nunnery, Nunnery Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

REVIS Sidney (rescued) - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Micklefield. Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

REVITT Alfred - 1893 - 25/02/1893 – Age 43 – Pumpman. Cottam, Appleby and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Was engaged repairing some steam pipes in the mine when, through some misunderstanding with regard to the signals, the steam was turned on and he was fatally scalded. Died 27th.

REYNISH J.P. - 1894 - 18/09/1894 – Age 55 – Foreman. Navigation, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Knocked down by locomotive while attempting to cross line in front during shunting operations.

REYNOLDS B. - 1894 - 13/09/1894 – Age 55 – Pikeman. Rookery, J Howell, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fall from face in gateroad. Died 21st Nov.

REYNOLDS D.R. - 1898 - 21/11/1898 – Age 19 – Rider. Ferndale No. 8, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Struck by runaway trams on a short rise heading, owing to the breaking of the haulage rope which had only been 3 months in use. It was a half-inch rope having 5 strands of 6 wires each and its work appeared excessive.

REYNOLDS David - 1890 - 25/03/1890 – Age 49 – Collier. International, International Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Garw Valley, Glamorgan. Fall of a piece of clift from front of rippings, which he had been told to take down. Two-foot-nine seam. Longwall. Died 6th May.

REYNOLDS Edward - 1896 - 16/08/1896 – Age 36 – Miner. Pumpherston (shale), Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of oil shale at working face.

REYNOLDS George - 1895 - 17/01/1895 – Age 55 – Collier. Westminster, Westminster & Brymbo Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Wexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was drawing down some top coal in the face of a pillar when the roof fell from between two slips upon him and capping three props.

REYNOLDS Henry - 1891 – 19/12/1891 – Age 23 – Loader. Wednesbury Oak, Philip Williams and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in Bottom Coal Seam which knocked out timbers. Cause surrounding slips. 2 killed.

REYNOLDS Henry - 1897 - 24/02/1897 – Age 40 – Collier. Ashton Vale, Ashton Vale Iron Co. Ltd., Somerset. Fatally injured by a tram running wild on a slightly inclined road as he was walking into his work. He apparently got confused and losing his light failed to stand on the side out of the way. Death resulted on the 28th.

REYNOLDS John - 1896 - 21/12/1896 – Age 29 – Stallman. Manners, Manners Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was working near a fault and appears to have taken away the coal from too near the fault, causing the roof to give way. It fell upon deceased and killed him.

REYNOLDS T. Owen - 1896 - 25/07/1896 – Age 13 – Oiler. Powells, George Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Run over while attempting to jump on carriage.

REYNOLDS William - 1894 - 16/10/1894 – Age 34 – Collier. Silverdale No. 6, Butterley Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof coal at working face in Rough 7 foot Seam, angle 45 degrees.

REYNOLDS William - 1895 - 26/07/1895 – Age 25 – Miner. Orchard, Robert Borland jnr., Renfrew. Suffocated by fumes from the ventilating furnace.

REYNOLDS William - 1898 - 24/10/1898 – Age 7 – Child. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was climbing on to an empty set of waggons and fell off and two of them passed over his legs. He was taken to the infirmary at Sunderland, where he died the following day.

RHODES Alfred - 1895 - 14/01/1895 – Age 17 – Waggoner. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Irruption of water from old working. 77 killed.

RHODES G. - 1890 - 01/08/1890 – Age 50 – Collier. Rockingham, Newton Chambers, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 7th.

RHODES Henry - 1895 - 14/01/1895 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Irruption of water from old working. 77 killed.

RHODES J. - 1892 - 14/01/1892 – Age 54 – Screener. Kippax, Locke and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons.

RHODES Jeremiah - 1891 - 04/11/1891 – Age 25 – Carpenter. Shirland, Blackwell Colliery Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Assisting to get an incline rope into position when a frame, with rollers, fell upon him. The tightening of the rope appears to have pulled the frame over. 6.50 pm.

RHODES John - 1896 - 30/01/1896 – Age 48 – Collier. Main Cross, Tetley and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was making a refuge hole in the shaft siding and was warned about the loose stone on top of the coal and told to get it off. He got some off but not all and it afterwards gave way and fell on him. His drawer mentioned he advised him to sprag it but he declined thinking it was safe.

RHODES Philip - 1893 - 27/09/1893 – Age 53 – Collier. Silverdale No. 6, Butterley Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from side while flitching air-head in 8- foot seam.

RHODES William - 1891 - 02/04/1891 – Collier. Apedale, Sladderhill Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion. 10 killed.

RICE John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 23/01/1891 – Miner. Windyedge No. 1, WCS Cuninghame, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of mid stone while holing.

RICE John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 20/08/1892 – Breaksman. Camp No. 2, John Williams and Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Run over by a waggon while spragging it.

RICE Patrick (non-fatal) - 1892 - 19/09/1892 – Miner. Gilbertsfield No. 2, Cambuslang Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing face.

RICH Edward (injured) - 1899 - 19/08/1899 – Llest, Llest Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 19 killed.

RICH James - 1899 - 03/07/1899 – Age 27 – Repairer. Ebbw Vale Marine, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of roof near the working face of a dip heading, while he was accompanying the examiner on his rounds in the morning before the men came to work.

RICHARD Evan - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 38 – Collier. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

RICHARD Goldsworthy (non-fatal) - 1894 - 07/02/1894 – Age 19 – Miner. Tincroft (metalliferous), Tincroft Mine Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. Fall of ground. Alleged to be from an Air Blast i.e. the ground being apparently in a state of tension, a portion flew off suddenly in pieces and injured them. 3 injured.

RICHARD Joseph - 1897 - 20/10/1897 – Age 37 – Loader. Bulwell Top Hard Coal, Babbington Coal Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of side. A small piece of clod fell from the side of the coal face and struck the deceased on the head. The injury was slight but the blow and concussion of the brain gave rise to "meningitis," which resulted in death on 8th November.

RICHARD Lord (injured) - 1890 - 21/11/1890 – Age 55 – Banksman. Rossendale Nabb, Tramway Branch, George Hargreaves and Co., Newchurch, Lancashire. Injured by falling 8.5 feet from the sett at the terminus of the endless chain tramroad from the pit C.

RICHARD Rees - 1895 - 20/04/1895 – Age 40 – Collier. Park Blaina and Park Colliery Co., Carmarthen. While holing, without sprags, a piece of coal 4 feet x 16 inches x 14 inches and clod 5 feet x 14 inches x 15 inches fell upon him. Pumpquart seam.

RICHARD William - 1891 - 14/11/1891 – Age 45 – Timberman. Cyfartha Castle, Crawshay Bros. Ltd., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. He was accidentally struck with a pick on 14th November but continued working until 21st. Died from blood poisoning on 31st.

RICHARDS Albert - 1891 - 25/11/1891 – Age 30 – Banksman. Dean Lane, Bedminster Coal Co., Bristol, Gloucestershire. He fell from a mouthing, about 50 yards from the bottom of the shaft, hither he and a youth had gone to attend to an auxiliary ventilating furnace. While taking a tram, with coal from the cage, it got off the rails and their lamp falling it was extinguished. He sent it to be relighted at the surface and sat down near the shaft to await its return. For some unexplained reason he got up approached the shaft and fell down the mouthing to the bottom. He was in the habit of going two or three times each night to attend to this furnace for some months.

RICHARDS Daniel - 1892 - 29/02/1892 – Age 77 - Lamp locker. Penrhiwfer, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Penygraig, Glamorgan. By explosion of dynamite, which the deceased fireman was thawing at a paraffin lamp in the cabin near the shaft bottom. 3 killed.

RICHARDS Daniel - 1896 - 07/10/1896 – Age 43 – Blocklayer. Ebbw Vale No. 7, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Knocked down and run over by a locomotive on the surface railway sidings.

RICHARDS David - 1890 - 10/03/1890 – Collier. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 87 Killed.

RICHARDS David - 1895 - 12/03/1895 – Age 26 – Rider. Eaglesbush, Eaglesbush Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed by journey of loaded trams on engine plan, having probably fallen off the rope while siding up in front.

RICHARDS David - 1898 - 02/02/1898 – Age 45 – Collier. Fforchaman, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face clift 9 foot x 8 foot from two slips which appeared to have had three props under it.

RICHARDS David - 1898 - 06/10/1898 – Age 45 – Collier. Weigh Fawr, Phillip Richard, Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face of a level, 9 foot wide clift 5 foot x 3 foot x 2 foot thick, inside of double timbers 5 foot back from face. Hughes vein.

RICHARDS David Henry - 1895 - 18/05/1895 – Age 22 – Collier. Rhymney, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Monmouth. In a Nottinghamshire long wall face, where the holing was done over the top of the coal, when Richards was preparing to set a pair of timbers a stone about 5 yards by 1 yard and 12 inches thick fell from between unseen slips in the roof and killed them both on the spot. 2 killed.

RICHARDS Edward (non-fatal) - 1892 - 06/06/1892 – Age 51 – Collier. Motherwell, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 147 days off.

RICHARDS Edward - 1892 - 15/02/1892 – Age 54 – Haulier. Dinas Clydach, Dinas Clydach Coal Co., Ton-y-Pandy, Glamorgan. His head came into contact with a brow of roof and he was knocked back and killed on the spot while riding on the shafts.

RICHARDS Edward - 1895 - 18/05/1895 – Age 13 - Collier’s boy. Rhymney, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Monmouth. In a Nottinghamshire long wall face, where the holing was done over the top of the coal, when Richards was preparing to set a pair of timbers a stone about 5 yards by 1 yard and 12 inches thick fell from between unseen slips in the roof and killed them both on the spot. 2 killed.

RICHARDS Edward - 1897 - 03/02/1897 – Age 56 – Collier. Silverdale, Kent’s Lane, Butterley Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof in working place in Cannel mine.

RICHARDS Edward - 1898 - 23/03/1898 – Age 27 – Collier. Abercanaid Hills, Plymouth Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face fireclay 11 foot long x 3 foot from a slant, discharged 3 props. Five feet six seam.

RICHARDS Edward - 1898 - 26/07/1898 – Age 24 – Hardgroundman. Ocean, Maindy Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side where room was being made for arching on main road, a piece of bastard fireclay 8 feet x 7 feet x 2.5 feet fell upon him. New seam.

RICHARDS Enock - 1896 - 09/06/1896 – Age 57 – Labourer. Cinder Hill, Babbington Coal Co., Nottinghamshire. Deceased's duty was to oil the rollers on the engine plane. He was found dead under a set of empty trams which had evidently knocked him down.

RICHARDS George - 1898 - 17/06/1898 – Age 44 – Stallman. Hucknall No. 1, Hucknall Colliery Co. Nottinghamshire. He died on 4th September from blood poisoning arising from injury to the hand received in the mine. The injury appeared to be very slight and he continued at work for some time.

RICHARDS Henry (non-fatal) - 1891 - 17/03/1891 – Age 17 – Miner. Wheal Owles (metalliferous), Thomas Bolitho and Co., St. Just, Cornwall. The waggon with which they were tramming, at the 95-fathom level, having cap sized they attempted to right it, while doing so the runners broke, owing to dry rot, and they were precipitated together with the waggon into the "plat." 3 injured.

RICHARDS J. Selio (injured) - 1892 - 05/04/1892 – Age 48 - Ore dresser. East Darren (metalliferous). He was attempting to take a belt from a pulley and fell against the drive shaft and was knocked down, ribs broken. 3 weeks off.

RICHARDS James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 31/10/1893 – Age 58 – Miner. Tincroft (metalliferous), Tincroft Mine Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. He was engaged with a pick which resulted in a splinter of rock striking his eye.

RICHARDS James - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 17 – Trammer. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

RICHARDS James - 1893 - 14/02/1893 – Age 43 - Master haulier. National, United National Collieries Ltd., Wattstown, Glamorgan. Fell down a staple pit while adjusting a tram in the cage. Died 15th Feb.

RICHARDS James - 1895 - 23/09/1895 – Age 37 – Fireman. Ashington, Ashington Coal Co., Ashington, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased, in running out of the way of a waggon coming down the road, slipped and fell in front of it.

RICHARDS John (injured) - 1890 - 01/12/1890 – Age 67 – Miner. Docloath (metalliferous), Docloath Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. The man and his comrade were engaged in a stope above the 388 and the former, who had been at that level running stuff from the mill, in attempting to return to his comrade slipped off the stull and fell a distance of 18 feet sustaining injuries to his head and legs.

RICHARDS John (injured) - 1890 - 29/07/1890 – Age 37 – Trammer. Wheal Kitty (metalliferous), Wheal Kitty Mining Co., Scorrier, Cornwall. He had the bone of his face, just below the left eye, smashed through, slipping his feet and coming into contact with the waggon, being engaged at the time pushing a waggon load of tin stuff.

RICHARDS John (injured) - 1890 - 29/09/1890 – Age 18 – Miner. South Wheal Frances (metalliferous), South Wheal Frances Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. A rock fell from the level above that at which Richards was working and struck him on the foot injuring it slightly.

RICHARDS John (non-fatal) - 1892 – 15/07/1892 – Age 56 – Miner. Wheal Owles (metalliferous), Thomas Bolitho Sons and others, St. Just, Cornwall. While engaged charging a hole with compressed powder he, having probably applied some force to get the bobbin into the hole, it exploded and injured him severely.

RICHARDS John - 1892 – 09/04/1892 – Age 44 – Engineer. Wyndham, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Nantymoel, Glamorgan. Fell out of cage while descending alone.

RICHARDS John - 1893 – 26/10/1893 – Age 47 – Sinker. Tir Pentwys, Tir Pentwys Black Vein Steam Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. There were five men in the bottom of the sinking pit, lighting shots, and having done so they got into the kibble or bowk and signalled to be wound up. While doing so the signal rope broke and as the engineman paused before starting to wind up they were about to get out, to extract the fuses from the holes. Richards and a man named Matthews had got out when the engineman commenced drawing up the kibble or bowk he then caught the side of the kibble which was drawn up about 40 yards before they could give a signal leaving Matthews in the bottom. Before they could get the kibble properly to the mouthing, which there is at this place, he let go and it fell to the bottom. Matthews marvellously escaped almost uninjured. Previous shots (in rock) are supposed to have caused damage to the signal rope which escaped detection.

RICHARDS John - 1894 – 13/03/1894 – Age 42 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Adventurers, Camborne, Cornwall. He returned to a shot which he found had only partially done its work and asked for the dynamite canister and a detonator. Shortly after these were handed to him an explosion occurred which blew deceased four fathoms away and slightly injured his son John Richards jnr. It would appear as though he was recharging the hole.

RICHARDS John - 1898 – 19/04/1898 – Age 29 – Stallman. Whitwick No. 5, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicester. A fire broke out on the main airway of the mine and developed so rapidly that only six men, including the deputy, out of a total of 41 who were at work beyond the fire were able to escape. The bodies of the first nine mentioned in the list were shortly afterwards got out but 25 bodies had not been recovered by the end of the year. 35 killed.

RICHARDS Lewis (injured) - 1894 – 09/03/1894 – Age 70 – Tipman. Diphws Casson Slate Mine. His crowbar slipped while he was clearing the tip and he fell and cut his head. Six and a half weeks off.

RICHARDS or PRITCHARD Amos - 1896 - 27/01/1896 – Age 46 – Haulier. Ferndale Nos 7 & 8, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 57 killed.

RICHARDS Pryce - 1892 - 22/02/1892 – Age 46 – Contractor. New Tredegar, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., New Tredegar, Monmouth. He was travelling up an engine plane, in the dark, and was run over by the full trams. He was probably riding on the rope in front of the journey and slipped off thus getting under the trams.

RICHARDS Richard (injured) - 1890 - 23/06/1890 – Age 59 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath, Camborne, Cornwall. Both men, and another, were standing on a plank, laid across a winze drawing up a ladder, when the plank broke and all three fell into the winze. Williams fell 72 feet, had his collar-bone badly hurt, and Richards, who after falling 24 feet was caught by a piece of timber fixed across the Winze, he had one rib broken and others injured while Tippett, the third man who fell on Richards, escaped unhurt.

RICHARDS Richard (slate) - 1891 - 03/07/1891 – Age 52 – Miner. Oakeley (slate). A stone loosened by a blast which he had just fired fell down and struck him on the leg. 19 weeks off.

RICHARDS S. - 1899 - 21/03/1899 – Age 32 – Collier. Nostell, Lord St Oswald, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

RICHARDS Samuel - 1894 - 15/10/1894 – Age 33 – Stoker. Sandwell Park, Sandwell Park Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Crushed by winding engine.

RICHARDS Samuel - 1899 - 06/04/1899 – Age 24 – Shunter. Bedworth, Charity Bedworth Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Warwick. Deceased was rubbing some chalk marks from the back end of a loaded truck when another loaded waggon was allowed to bump into it and crushed the deceased. He died the same day.

RICHARDS Taliesyn - 1895 - 07/12/1895 – Age 45 – Carpenter. Maritime, Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. He fell off a beam on to roof over pit top and then on to railway, about 30 feet below. It was very windy and he may have been blown off. Died 9th Dec.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1890 - 01/10/1890 – Age 25 – Collier. Aberdare No. 9, Aberdare Works and Collieries Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of face slip of coal (lower portion of seam 50 inches thick) five minutes after removing sprag and trying to bring it down. 7 foot seam. Longwall.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1891 - 02/01/1891 – Age 19 – Filler. Coed Talon, Coed Talon Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was filling a tub when a stone fell from a slip, from off the edge of the cauch immediately above him, and struck him on his head. 9.30 am.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1892 - 22/01/1892 – Age 48 – Repairer. Tylors, A Tylor and Co. Ltd., Tylorstown, Glamorgan. Fall of thin bed of roof while ripping.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1892 - 24/08/1892 – Age 18 – Haulier. Aberdare Works No. 9, Aberdare Works and Collieries Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face which was not timbered.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1896 - 27/07/1896 – Age 40 – Pikeman. Hamstead, Hamstead Colliery Co., Staffordshire. Fall of coal caused by heavy bump.

RICHARDS William - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Contractor. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

RICHARDS William - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 19 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion 290 killed.

RICHARDS William - 1897 - 22/12/1897 – Age 31 – Roadsman. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of stone, from a joint in the a roadway where he was engaged stowing rubbish.

RICHARDS William Edward - 1895 - 29/03/1895 – Age 20 – Bankrider. Coalbrookvale, Coalbrookvale Colliery Co., Coalbrookvale, Monmouth. While walking or riding up the steepest part of the engine plane, on a journey of 13 trams, the chain broke and the trams ran back a short distance. Deceased was found under the trams with both legs broken. Amputation was performed but he died from the effects on the 4th of April.

RICHARDS William Henry - 1891 - 27/10/1891 – Age 19 - Taker off. Within’s Lane, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Died 28th from injury by tubs in a gigbrow close to a manhole. Inspection and inquest attended.

RICHARDSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1890 - 05/05/1890 – Miner. Bannockburn Kames, Mrs Hunter, Bannockburn, Stirling. Fall of roof at working face. 2 injured.

RICHARDSON Alexander - 1898 - 30/08/1898 – Age 63 – Hewer. Cramlington Lamb, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Cramlington, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was walking out-bye along the engine plane, when he was overtaken by the full set and killed. The manholes were at the proper distance, and the road wide and in good order.

RICHARDSON Charles H. - 1891 - 20/01/1891 – Age 24 – Surveyor. Bwllfa Dare, Bwllfa & Merthyr, Dare Steam Collieries (1891) Ltd., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed to death by loaded journey on engine plane while travelling inbye alone. His safety lamp book and tape were found at the mouth of a man-hole  and the compass and legs on the road opposite, 170 yards further on than where he was found under the ninth tram of the journey of 17.

RICHARDSON David (non-fatal) - 1893 - 29/06/1893 – Age 12 – Miner. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 52 days off.

RICHARDSON Frank - 1891 - 28/10/1891 – Age 20 – Drawer. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. The roof fell out bodily from between two steps about 8 yards apart, carrying a bar and some props before it and fell on the deceased who was passing under it with a tub at the time. 7.50 am.

RICHARDSON George William - 1894 - 15/03/1894 – Age 18 – Putter. Norwood, Norwood Coal Co., Evenwood, Co.Durham. Head badly crushed between a tub and a prop by pony starting too soon. Died 21st.

RICHARDSON Henry - 1893 - 22/12/1893 – Age 26 – Hewer. North Beechburn, North Beechburn Coal Co. Ltd., Crook, Co.Durham. Fall of top coal while engaged taking off side coal. He met with a breaker.

RICHARDSON Herry - 1897 - 18/12/1897 – Age 25 – Holer. Amington 7 feet Coal, Glascote Colliery Co., Warwick. Fall of side. Deceased was commencing to hole the coal when the coal came over and killed him. From an examination of the Place, after the accident, it appeared the coal was overhanging.

RICHARDSON Hugh (non-fatal) - 1890 - 05/05/1890 – Miner. Bannockburn Kames, Mrs Hunter, Bannockburn, Stirling. Fall of roof at working face. 2 injured.