South Griffin Colliery – List of Fatalities

South Griffin Colliery – List of Fatalities.
This list of deaths at the South Griffin Colliery, Blaina, covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received.

1885.
Mr John Griffiths. Died – December 1885. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Griffiths lived in Brynmawr.

1892.
Mr David Rees, aged 35. Died – May 1892. Death caused by – Mr Rees fell from the cage whilst descending No3 Pit. Mr Rees lived at High Street, Blaina.

Mr Isaac James, aged 17. Died – November 1892. Death caused by being crushed by a journey of drams.

1893.
Mr Thomas Harris, aged 40. Died – September 1893. Death caused by a fall of roof at No2 Pit. Mr Harris lived at Clydach Street, Brynmawr.

Mr Evan Powell. Died – December 1893. Death caused by being crushed by drams.

Mr Charles Davies Selway, aged 16. Died – December 1893. Death caused by being crushed between the footboards of the workmen’s train and the platform of the South Griffin stop.

1894.
Mr William Griffiths, aged 33. Died – February 1894. Death caused by a fall of roof. The accident occurred on Friday 2nd February and Mr Griffiths died on Saturday 3rd February 1894. Mr Griffiths lived at Alma Street, Brynmawr.

Master John George Jones, aged 13. Died – August 1894. Death caused by crushing, a journey of drams at No2 Pit. Master Jones lived at Pump Street, Blaina.

1895.
Mr Alfred Weeks, aged 42. Died – April 1895. Death caused by a fall of coal at No3 Pit. Accident occurred on Thursday 11th April and Mr Weeks died Friday 12th April 1895. Mr Weeks lived at Clydach Road, Brynmawr.

1896.
Mr Edward Morgan, aged 22. Died – February 1896. Death caused by being crushed by a journey at No2 Pit. Mr Morgan lived at Brynmawr.

Mr William Poole, aged 20. Died – May 1896. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Poole lived at 36 Hope Street Blaina.

1897.
Mr William Samuel Pritchard, aged 39. Died – March 1897. Death caused by a fall of roof No2 Pit. Mr Pritchard lived at 5 Fitzroy Street, Brynmawr.

Mr Dennis John Wadman, aged 23. Died – July 1897. Death caused by a fall of coal, No3 Pit. Mr Wadman lived at 32 Cwmcelyn Road, Blaina.

1898.
Mr Thomas Powell, aged 18. Died – March 1898. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Powell lived at 4 Morgan Street, Abertilley.

Mr Peter Ewart, aged 20. Died – April 1898. Death caused by burns from an accident with oil at the lamproom at the No3 colliery. The accident occurred on Wednesday 16th March while Mr Ewart was cleaning lamps and whilst disposing of the old oil from a container the fuel spilled onto him and ignited causing burns to his back and lower limbs to which he never recovered. Mr Peter Ewart lived at 17 Gladstone Street, Blaina.

1900.
Mr Ernest Parry, aged 18. Died – July 1900. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Parry lived at Forge Rise, Nantyglo.

1901.
Mr William John Davies. Died – Thursday 28th March 1901. Death caused by being crushed while jumping onto a workmen’s train heading to the colliery. The accident occurred on Wednesday 20th March, he never recovered from his injuries and passed away the following day Thursday 28th March 1901. Mr Williams lived at Nantyglo.

1902. 
Mr Thomas Williams. Died – May 1902. Death caused by a fall.

1903.
Mr John Purslow, aged 37. Died – January 1903. Death caused by a fall of roof at No3 Pit. Mr Purslow lived at Worcester Street, Brynmawr.

Mr John Blackmore, aged 52. Died – February 1903. Death caused by – Mr Blackmore fell from a coal wagon at No2 Pit.

Mr George Hawkins. Died – July 1903. Death caused by a fall of stone at No2 Pit. Mr Hawkins lived at Henwain Street, Blaina.

1904.
Mr Albert Bertie Cowley, aged 17. Died – November 1904. Death caused by being crushed by a goods train while crossing the lines at the colliery on his way home from work.

1907.
Mr William Davies, aged 59. Died – May 1907. Death caused by a fall of roof at No3 Pit. Mr Davies lived at King Street, Nantyglo.

Mr John Cumming, aged 58. Died – September. Death caused by being crushed by two coal trucks.

1908.
Mr Thomas Morgan, aged 60. Died – February 1908. Death caused by being crushed by a journey. Mr Morgan lived at 74 Abertillery Road, Blaina.

1909.
Mr William Bainton, aged 69. Died – December 1909. Mr Bainton was badly injured at No2 Pit on Tuesday 21 December and died of his injuries Saturday 25th December 1909. Mr Bainton lived at High Street, Blaina.

1910.
Mr Edmund Jones, aged 70. Died – August 1910. Death caused by being crushed by a dram of timber at No3 Pit. Mr Jones lived at Shop Row, Blaina.

Mr Albert Morris. Died – December 1910. Death caused by being crushed by a journey.

1911.
Mr William Jenkins, aged 74. Died – November 1911. Death caused by being crushed by a dram No3 Pit. Mr Jenkins lived at 59 Coronation Street, Blaina.

1912.
Mr James Jones, aged 52. Died – August 1912. Death caused by being crushed by a journey of drams at No3 Pit. Mr Jones lived at Brynmawr.

Mr Edmund Adams, aged 51. Died – August 1912. Death caused from suffocation at No2 Pit. Mr Adams lived at Lancaster Street, Blaina.

Mr William Henry Tout, aged 21. Died – November 1912. Death caused by being crushed by a journey of drams. Mr Tout lived with his aunt Mrs Nash at 4 Mount Pleasant Terrace, Blaina.

Mr Edward Dudley Ward, aged 60. Died – December 1912. Death caused by being crushed by a journey of drams at No3 Pit. Mr Ward lived at Brynmawr.

1914.
Mr Watts, aged 60. Died – April 1914. Death caused by being crushed by a journey of drams at No2 Pit. Mr Watts lived at Railway Terrace, West Side, Blaina.

Mr W. H. Jackson, aged 21. Died – June 1914. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Jackson was a timberman’s assistant to his father, he was a member of the Blaina Lancaster Town Band, of which his father was secretary. Mr Jackson lived at Abertillery Road, Blaina.

1915.
Mr James Chamberlain, aged 50. Died – April 1915. Death caused by being crushed by a journey of drams. Mr Chamberlain lived at Hope Street, Blaina.

Mr Enos Oakey, aged 40. Died – August 1915. Death caused by a fall of roof at No3 Pit. Mr Oakey lived at Blaenavon Terrace.

Mr John Davies, aged 68. Died – September 1915. Death caused by a fall of roof at No3 Pit. Mr Davies lived at Lancaster Street, Blaina.

1918.
Mr Leonard Ward Allen, aged 33. Died – October 1918. Death caused by a roof fall at No3 Pit. Mr Allen lived at Moriah Cottage, Club Row, Blaina.

Mr David Williams. Died – December 1918. Death caused from being crushed by a fall of roof on the 11th December. Mr Williams was taken to Blaina Hospital where he later passed away on 14th December 1918.

1919.
Mr William Rees. Died – February 1919. Death caused by a fall of roof at No3 Pit. Mr Rees lived at Winchestown, Nantyglo.

1920.
Mr John Griffiths, aged 59. Died – May 1920. Death caused by a fall of roof. Mr Griffiths lived at 73 Bailey Street, Brynmawr.