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PHILIPS David - 1865 - 14/09/1865 – Age 12 - Doorboy. Navigation, John Nixon and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell in front of trams.

PHILIPS Isaac - 1865 - 08/07/1865 – Age 34 - Collier. Gorse Simms, Williams Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fell under trams.

PHILIPS Jenkin - 1866 - 30/08/1866 – Age 40 - Collier. Landore, Richards and Glassbrook, Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

PHILIPS John - 1867 - 30/12/1867 – Age 15 - Collier. Hirwain, Hirwain Coal and Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed being wound up against the pulley and fell down the pit.

PHILIPS Thomas - 1864 - 02/03/1864 - Miner. Plymouth (ironstone), Plymouth Iron Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Injured by explosion of gas.

PHILIPS Thomas - 1869 - 20/06/1869 – Age 50 – Stallman. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof in No.2 stall whilst hammering coal at the basset end against windway.

PHILIPS W - 1866 - 11/09/1866 – Age 33 - Miner. Dowlais (ironstone), Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

PHILLIP David - 1861 - 08/08/1861 – Age 12 - Haulier. Llangennech, Margrave and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Run over by trams on surface.

PHILLIP David - 1863 - 19/02/1863 – Age 35 - Collier. Tonddu, James Brogden and Sons, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

PHILLIP William - 1867 - 29/06/1867 – Age 52 - Collier. Gadbys, Gadbys Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

PHILLIPS ? - 1866 - 02/05/1866 - Miner. Bromford (ironstone), WH Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of rock roof. Injured 23rd March. Died this day in Birmingham hospital.

PHILLIPS David - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Single Brother of Thomas.

PHILLIPS David - 1867 - 14/11/1867 – Age 26 - Collier. Bonville Court, James Callman, Tenby, Pembroke. Fall of roof.

PHILLIPS Evan - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 43. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

PHILLIPS George - 1861 - 08/03/1861 – Age 30 - 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.

PHILIPS George - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 33. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

PHILLIPS Henry - 1865 - 16/01/1865 – Age 20 - Collier. Bwllfa, Bwllfa Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Suffocated by going into gas. A proper danger signal was placed to indicate danger but he passed it and so brought about his own death.

PHILLIPS Henry - 1868 - 12/08/1868 – Age 40 - Miner. Gantre (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of ground at face of his working.

PHILLIPS Howell - 1867 - 29/03/1867 – Age 26 - Miner. No.2 (ironstone), Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of stone owing to a slant.

PHILLIPS J - 1863 - 05/12/1863 – Age 17 - Horse Driver. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Walsall, Staffordshire. He was jerked off an empty skip whilst riding thereon. His skull was fractured against a pillar.

PHILLIPS J - 1869 - 12/01/1869 – Age 31 - Collier. Lower Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PHILLIPS J. - 1864 - 04/03/1864 - Waggoner. Lawton, Bidder and Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Tub upset and crushed him.

PHILLIPS J. - 1866 - 13/01/1866 – Age 54 - Sinker. Brierley, J Yardley, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell out of sinking pit bowk whilst ascending.

PHILLIPS James - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 20. 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.

PHILLIPS John - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 26. 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.

PHILLIPS John - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 35. 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.

PHILLIPS John - 1860 - 09/02/1860 – Age 12 - Door Boy. Gadlys, Thomas Wayne and Co. Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell into water sump in cross heading.

PHILLIPS John - 1860 - 18/03/1860 – Age 42 - Collier. Deep Duffryn, John Nixon and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall from side of shaft taking out pumps.

PHILLIPS John - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 28 - Collier. Dowlais Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

PHILLIPS John - 1863 - 29/01/1863 – Age 15 - Haulier. Old Castle, Simms Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Run over on incline.

PHILLIPS John - 1867 - 25/04/1867 – Age 55 - Collier. Mardy, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. John Phillips was sledging down some Coal in his proper working place when suddenly a piece of it fell and struck him against a tram with such violence that he died shortly afterwards.

PHILLIPS John - 1869 - 17/11/1869 – Age 16 - Collier. Bryngwyn, Sims Willyams Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by fall of stone.

PHILLIPS Philip - 1867 - 26/09/1867 – Age 18 - Haulier. Try Phil, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Left his horse and went into a stall to amuse himself by cutting a vein of Coal when it fell and killed him. The Collier belonging to the stall had just come out to get a light and should have prevented the youth going in.

PHILLIPS Richard - 1866 - 10/01/1866 – Age 35 - Engineman. Worcestershire, Thomas Glassbrook, Swansea, Glamorgan. By trying to stop rope of hauling engine falling down the shaft.

PHILLIPS Richard - 1867 - 21/09/1867 – Age 21 - Collier. Parkend Colliery, John Trotter, Lydney, Gloucester. Killed by fall of roof.

PHILLIPS Richard - 1868 - 23/12/1868 – Age 28 - Collier. Bargoed, Guest and Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of Coal.

PHILLIPS Richard - 1868 - 28/12/1868 – Age 28 - Collier. Merthyr Dare, Rhys and Richards, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by rope breaking which was being used for raising old slides which were being replaced.

PHILLIPS Samuel - 1860 - 11/05/1860 – Age 30 - Collier. Hafod Colliery, Rowlands and Calvert, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

PHILLIPS Samuel - 1864 - 01/09/1864 – Age 35 - Miner. No.2 (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Sirhowy, Monmouth. In ascending the pit he jumped off the cage probably thinking he was close to the bottom. Just before he had got on to the carriage he had become alarmed at the fall of water from the tank in consequence of the valve getting gagged and no doubt he had not recovered his presence of mind.

PHILLIPS Shadrack - 1861 - 17/12/1861 – Age 13 - Haulier. Penrhiwfer, Simon Davis, Rhondda, Glamorgan. Run over on incline underground.

PHILLIPS T - 1868 - 13/05/1868 – Age 27 - Collier. Carnarvon, Techon Coal Co., Loughor, Glamorgan. Killed by suffocation the products of a gas explosion. 4 killed.

PHILLIPS T. - 1866 - 12/11/1866 – Age 49 - Bandsman. Hall End, H Parish, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal while in the act of getting down roof coal.

PHILLIPS Thomas - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. Brother of David. 76 killed.

PHILLIPS Thomas - 1867 - 03/09/1867 – Age 18 - Collier. Prices Tylery Colliery, John Jayne, Abertillery, Monmouth. Killed by fall of roof lying over Elled vein of coal.

PHILLIPS Thomas - 1867 - 16/05/1867 – Age 24 - Collier. Dowlais, Guest and Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of Coal.

PHILLIPS W. - 1861 - 14/10/1861 – Age 30 - Collier. White Rose, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney Valley, Monmouth. Heavy fall of stone in stall, nearly 5 tons.

PHILLIPS W. - 1864 - 17/08/1864 – Age 11 - Driver. Muxton Bridge, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

PHILLIPS W. - 1865 - 02/11/1865 - Pikeman. Green Lane, J Highway, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof rock in a waste in a gob of a yard-coal pit brought about by him improperly knocking out a timber prop.

PHILLIPS W. - 1868 - 26/09/1868 – Age 23 - Haulier. Merthyr Dare Colliery, Rees and Richards, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

PHILLIPS William - 1861 - 08/03/1861 – Age 19 - 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.

PHILLIPS William - 1861 - 14/01/1861 – Age 13 - Boy. Genwen, Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Crushed between trams.

PHINEE Joseph - 1868 - 17/08/1868 – Age 35 - Fireman. Swan Lane, Edward Johnson, Hindley Green, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 3 killed.

PICKERHILL J. - 1869 - 18/04/1869 – Age 52 - Engineman. Bucknall Colliery, Bucknall Coal Co., Hanley, Staffordshire. Crushed by falling under crank.

PICKERING A - 1868 - 25/09/1868. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

PICKERING Charles - 1863 - 15/05/1863 – Age 14 - Hooker-on. Coed Poeth (ironstone), Samuel Jones, Wrexham, Denbigh. Falling part way down engine pit.

PICKERSGILL Percival - 1862 - 03/12/1862. Stanley, Hudson, and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

PICKFORD John - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Oaks, Messrs. Firth, Bamber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosions of gas. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. Seventy five bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed forty five were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and seventy during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the Colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.

PICKLES Aaron - 1862 - 15/05/1862. Wooley Colliery, Wooley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Falling down sinking shaft.

PICKLES Thomas - 1866 13/12/1866. Oaks, Messrs. Firth, Bamber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosions of gas. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. Seventy five bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed forty five were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and seventy during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the Colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.

PICKRELL H - 1869 - 01/02/1869 – Age 17 - Haulier. Fforchaman, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PICKUP ? (injured) - 1869 - 05/05/1869 – Age 39 - Sinker. Aspen Colliery, Thomas Simpson and Co.,
Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. A shot which had misfired in the sinking pit going off as they were drilling it out. 2 killed 1 injured 1 escaped.

PICTON Henry - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 29 – Dataller. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

PICTON William - 1863 - 25/09/1863 - Collier. Landshipping Colliery, Mr. MA Stanley, Haverfordwest, Pembroke. Fall of roof.

PICTON William - 1869 - 16/01/1869 – Age 57 – Day Wageman. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

PIERCE Elias - 1869 - 14/09/1869 - Miner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Burnt by a shot going off as he was stemming it.

PIERCE J. Henry - 1864 - 01/03/1864 – Age 23 - Haulier. Black Vein, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. Fell under trams and had his leg broken of which injury he died 1st Apr.

PIERCE John - 1864 - 20/12/1864 - Collier. Leeswood Main, Messrs. Craig Taylor and Craig, Mold, Flint. Fall of roof and Coal.

PIERCE Thomas - 1864 - 23/03/1864 – Age 35 - Loader. Hadley, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

PIKE George - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 52. 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.

PIKEY R - 1865 - 09/02/1865 – Age 27 - Bandsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Heavy fall of overhanging Coal in thick coal pit about 50tons. 6 killed.

PILKINGTON Edward - 1866 - 09/01/1866 – Age 14 - Boy. Astley and Tyldesley, Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Lancashire. Run over on tramroad.

PILKINGTON James - 1860 - 31/08/1860 - Collier. Aspull, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire. Falling out of cage whilst ascending the pit.

PILKINGTON James - 1868 - 25/11/1868. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co., Hindley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

PILKINGTON James - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 36 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

PILLANS Robert - 1869 - 03/09/1869 – Age 33 - Collier. Haywood Colliery, Haywood Coal Co. Squeezed by hutch on incline.

PILLEN Edward - 1865 - 01/04/1865 – Age 16 - Miner. Glengorm (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof right along the face wall. 3 killed.

PILLING James - 1866 - 23/01/1866 – Age 31 - Collier. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

PILLING Robert - 1864 - 21/12/1864 - Collier. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Overwinding. 2 killed.

PILLING Samuel - 1869 - 24/09/1869 – Age 45 - Miner. Bents Colliery, Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Earth between the coals and the 10-feet mine falling upon him. Heedlessly he was working underneath, when another miner was getting coal overhead.

PILLING T. - 1861 - 16/07/1861 - Collier. Breightmet, James Hardcastle, Bolton, Lancashire. Crushed by the cage as he was getting out at the bottom of the shaft, there being a mistake about the signal.

PILLING William - 1862 - 01/05/1862 - Collier. Pewfall Colliery, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

PIMBLETT Thomas - 1863 - 15/11/1863 – Age 67 - Day Labourer. Haydock, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. He was crossing pit eye when the descending cage struck him on the head.

PIMBLETT Thomas - 1869 - 15/11/1869 - Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

PIMLETT John - 1869 - 17/02/1869 – Age 15 - Drawer. Haydock, Richard Evans and Sons, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

PINDER Edward - 1864 - 09/09/1864 - Boy. Rock Colliery, Wilcock and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of Corfe in the shaft.

PINKEY John - 1860 - 14/01/1860 - Sinker. Bishops Close, Weardale Iron Co., Auckland, Durham. Stone from shot.

PINNER G. - 1864 - 18/03/1864 – Age 29 - Hooker-on. Priors Lee, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. A brick fell out of the shaft.

PIPE James - 1865 - 15/05/1865 – Age 41 - Collier. Risca, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. Killed by a fall of Coal whilst stowing rubbish in a single stall.

PIPER W. - 1868 - 03/06/1868 – Age 43 - Deputy. Fly Colliery, New British Iron Co., Corngreaves, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick coal pit the result of removing props.

PITCHER W. - 1861 - 21/09/1861 – Age 41 - Pikeman. Willingsworth (ironstone), J H. Haines, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in the gateroad of an ironstone pit. After cutting the sides he was preparing to bring down the roof and in knocking out the timber props it accidentally fell on him.

PITCHFORD George - 1869 - 25/01/1869 – Age 36 - Miner. Talke (ironstone), North Staffordshire Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

PITT J. - 1863 - 19/02/1863 – Age 65 - Pikeman. Steer’s Meadow, W Tolley, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Inundation of water from a stream on the surface of the Colliery. 3 killed.

PLANT C. - 1866 - 30/04/1866 – Age 14 - Collier. Coal, Leasow Harris and Co., Wordsley, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from side of gateroad in new mine coal.

PLANT J. - 1861 - 20/03/1861 – Age 38 - Pikeman. Portaway Hall, W.H. Dawes, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Injured in an explosion of firedamp 8th. He was at work in a narrow cutting and pierced a blower of gas which ignited at his candle. Died this day.

PLANT Job - 1864 - 18/07/1864 - Driver. Berry Hill, W Bowers, Stoke, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

PLANT W - 1867 - 18/10/1867 – Age 23 - Bandsman. Bunkers Hill, Chillington Co., Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of rock from roof at bottom of coal pit. He had neglected to timber.

PLANT W. - 1863 - 30/01/1863 – Age 38 - Collier. Bromford, WH Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal.

PLATT Andrew - 1866 - 30/11/1866 – Age 49 - Miner. Breightmet, Thomas Fletcher, Bolton, Lancashire. Clod falling in his working place in Cannel mine.

PLATT Johnathan - 1862 - 21/03/1862 – Age 48 – Dataller. Ravenhead Bromilow, Haddock Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Breaking of a wire rope in the shaft.

PLATT Joseph - 1863 - 16/07/1863 – Age 25 - Miner. Cockey Moor, James Knowles and Co., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Roof falling.

PLATT S - 1866 - 16/02/1866 – Age 58 - Miner. Lowlands (ironstone), Williamson Brothers, Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

PLATT William - 1866 - 26/10/1866 – Age 51 – Stoneworker. Inkerman, Ferens and G Love, Tow Law, Durham. Fall of stone after blasting.

PLATTS Amos - 1869 - 27/01/1869 – Age 28 - Sinker. Renishaw, Park J and G Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas.

PLATTS John - 1864 - 18/06/1864 – Age 36 - Deputy. Blossom, South Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Fall of stone.

PLATTS Moses - 1866 - 21/03/1866 – Age 17 - Pony Driver. Tursdale, Bell Brothers, Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by tub.

PLATTS Thomas - 1863 - 12/09/1863. Wharncliffe Silkstone, Wharncliffe Silkstone Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Falling down shaft.

PLUMBER James - 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.

PLUMMER Eli - 1869 - 22/10/1869 - A Boy. Newbury, Westbury Iron Co., Newbury, Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. 11 killed. At half past six in the morning there was an explosion at Newbury, Colliery, five miles from Frome, in which nine persons, were killed and four others were so severely injured that scarcely any hopes were entertained of their recovery. The men were going down for the day shift. The first warning that anything was wrong was a loud report from underground which could be heard for a mile and then a large amount of dense smoke appeared out of the upcast shaft. The pit head was soon covered by women and children crying and exhibiting the deepest grief. The bailiff, Mr Bake and the lampman descended the downcast shaft and proceeded in the direction of the cupola. They found the gas had ignited near a standing pillar of Coal. They found a
Jacket belonging to one of the deceased in which there was a pipe and a quantity of tobacco.

PLUMMER John - 1869 - 22/10/1869. Newbury, Westbury Iron Co., Newbury, Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. 11 killed. At half past six in the morning there was an explosion at Newbury, Colliery, five miles from Frome, in which nine persons, were killed and four others were so severely injured that scarcely any hopes were entertained of their recovery. The men were going down for the day shift. The first warning that anything was wrong was a loud report from underground which could be heard for a mile and then a large amount of dense smoke appeared out of the upcast shaft. The pit head was soon covered by women and children crying and exhibiting the deepest grief. The bailiff, Mr Bake and the lampman descended the downcast shaft and proceeded in the direction of the cupola. They found the gas had ignited near a standing pillar of Coal. They found a Jacket belonging to one of the deceased in which there was a pipe and a quantity of tobacco.

POCKEN Thomas - 1868 - 15/05/1868 – Age 21. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Lichfield, Staffordshire. Whilst descending the wire rope snapped. 6 killed.

POINTON T. - 1866 - 10/01/1866 – Age 43 – Butty. Jackfield (ironstone), Plant and Co., Burslem, Staffordshire. Fell part way down the shaft.

POLLAND James - 1867 - 24/08/1867 – Age 14 - Drawer. Coal Burn, James McNichol, Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

POLLARD John - 1869 - 13/10/1869 – Age 48 - Collier. Kirkless Hall, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by Coal trucks above ground.

POLLEY Thomas - 1860 - 26/07/1860 – Age 22 - Collier. Dowlais Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal (Rhes Las vein).

POLLITT R. - 1865 - 04/09/1865 – Age 26 - Engineman. Silverdale Colliery, Silverdale Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Crushed whilst oiling machinery.

POLLY Thomas - 1863 - 06/11/1863 – Age 50 - Collier. Dowlais, Penydarren Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Big Coal (fall of roof).

POME John - 1868 - 19/02/1868 – Age 27 - Collier. Gellygwn, Joseph Priestly, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

POOL John - 1867 - 18/02/1867 – Age 29 - Collier. Deep Kingswood Co., Kingswood, Somerset. Two men were employed in driving a deep heading called a ‘gug’. In the morning when they went to work they found that a fall of roof and rubbish had taken place in the night and overlaid the ’incline’ rope (a small round hemp one) nevertheless they went down previously requesting the winders to pull up the empty tub and fill it with the stuff that had fallen. The tub was drawn up 50 yards when the rope broke being cut through by pulling it through the fallen stuff. The tub went to the bottom and injured him. These men should have cleared the fall from above. A rasher act was never committed.

POOLE George - 1864 - 28/11/1864 – Age 28 - Collier. Kingswood Colliery, Kingswood Coal Co., Kingswood, Gloucester. They with 4 others went down to commence work in a close man hudge. Through derangement of the indicator and absence of proper signals they went three or four feet too slow, Bryant and Poole were either pushed out of the hudge or struggled themselves out and were drowned. The other 4 remained in and escaped. 2 killed.
POOLE Henry - 1866 - 11/12/1866 - Collier. Ibstock, Whetstone, Leicester, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

POOLE Thomas - 1864 - 28/08/1864 – Age 32 - Labourer. Smoile, William Worsick, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

POPPLETON Alfred - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Oaks, Messrs. Firth, Bamber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosions of gas. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. Seventy five bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed forty five were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and seventy during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the Colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.

PORTER T - 1868 - 09/04/1868 - Sinker. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fell out of bowk whilst ascending.

PORTER William - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning coal seam. 59 killed.

PORTER William - 1864 - 01/04/1864 – Age 40 - Collier. Cwmnantddu, Ebbw Vale Co., Abersychan, Monmouth. Fall of roof which occasioned such severe injuries as to cause his death next day.

PORTER William James - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning coal seam. 59 killed.

PORTESS George - 1865 - 25/04/1865 – Age 33 - Hewer. Caroline Colliery, South Hetton Coal Co., Eppleton, Hetton, Durham. Crushed by tubs in engine plane.

POTTER J. - 1860 - 15/03/1860 - Collier. Chain, Hulton Colliery Co., Hulton, Lancashire. Fall of roof being in a new place, no prop set.

POTTER James - 1866 - 24/07/1866 – Age 35 - Sinker. Hindley Field, Richard Morriss, Wigan, Lancashire. Something falling down the shaft while he was working at the bottom.

POTTER James - 1868 - 05/08/1868 – Age 17 - Drawer. Parr Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, St. Helens, Lancashire.

POTTER James - 1868 - 17/03/1868 - Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Clifton, Lancashire. Fall of roof in the Trencherbone mine falling after a chock was taken out. He died in the Salford Dispensary.

POTTER John - 1861 - 07/08/1861 - Collier. Dykehead, Wilsons and Co., Hamilton, Fife. Woodwork of pit taking fire which deranged the ventilation. 13 killed.

POTTER Noah - 1867 - 15/11/1867 – Age 33 - Miner. Unity Brook, James Stott, Kearsley, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was taking props.

POTTER Peter - 1867 - 14/08/1867 – Age 15 - Drawer. Ravenhead Bromilow, Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp.

POTTER Richard - 1869 - 28/10/1869 – Age 46 – Byeworker. Thorncliffe, Newton Chambers and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

POTTER Samuel - 1861 - 14/10/1861. Lundhill, Lundhill Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

POTTER Thomas - 1861 - 07/08/1861 - Collier. Dykehead, Wilsons and Co., Hamilton, Fife. Woodwork of pit taking fire which deranged the ventilation. 13 killed.

POTTER W. - 1862 - 07/05/1862 – Age 15 - Hooker-on. Old Park (ironstone), Lloyds and Fosters, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. A piece of clod fell off an ascending skip and killed him at the bottom of the shaft where he ought not to have been at the time.

POTTS Arthur - 1865 - 05/04/1865 - Boy. Castle Colliery, Hounsfield and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

POTTS J. - 1861 - 04/10/1861 – Age 43 - Banksman. Wards Colliery, Jones and Murcott, Bilston, Staffordshire. Pushing the tub towards the shaft mouth, it accidently went too far and pulled him in.

POTTS James - 1861 - 22/01/1861 – Age 26 - Engineman. Ludworth, Messrs. Jowett, Glossop, Derbyshire. Falling down engine shaft.

POTTS James – 1869 - 06/02/1869 – Age 32 - Hewer. Millbank Colliery, Harris and Co., Maryport, Cumberland. Fall of stone.

POTTS Joseph - 1863 - 30/12/1863 - Waggoner. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire. A waggon running against him at the bottom of a brow the break having slipped.

POTTS R. - 1862 - 25/11/1862 – Age 22 - Collier. Clough Hall, Executors of T. Kinnersley Hare Castle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

POTTS Samuel - 1867 - 11/04/1867 – Age 30 - Collier. No.4, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Sirhowy, Monmouth. The man was injured on 20th Dec 1866 by a fall of roof but lingered for four months when death released him.

POTTS T - 1869 - 11/08/1869 – Age 37 – Bondsman. Deepfield, Earl of Dudley, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal pit.

POULTENEY Thomas - 1867 - 15/03/1867 – Age 56 - Collier. Haunch Wood, John Nowell and Son, Nuneaton, Warwick Run over on incline, Chain breaking.

POULTON J - 1867 - 12/11/1867 - Bandsman. Homer Hill, S Evers and Sons, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 26th. 11 killed.

POVER William - 1862 - 18/08/1862. Yield Hill (ironstone), Williamson Bros., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip whilst ascending. 3 killed.

POVER William - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 33 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

POVEY Thomas - 1867 - 06/11/1867 – Age 38 – Butty. Raven’s Lane, Charles Leighton, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Rope broke whilst ascending.

POWELL ? - 1867 - 03/08/1867 – Lad. Abersychan Top Pits. Run over by trams.

POWELL Charles - 1869 - 22/03/1869 – Age 14 - Haulier. Cwmbran, John Lawrence, Cwmbran, Monmouth. Entanglement in wheel of upper incline.

POWELL David - 1862 - 28/10/1862 – Age 60 - Miner. Cyfarthfa (ironstone), William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

POWELL David - 1866 - 03/08/1866 – Age 13 - Haulier. Cwmaman, Shepherd and Evans, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell under trams.

POWELL David - 1867 - 02/06/1867 – Age 32 - Fireman. Squborwen Colliery, Samuel Thomas, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Suffocated by carburetted hydrogen gas.

POWELL Edward - 1865 - 22/11/1865 – Age 28 - Collier. Ruabon, Ruabon Coal Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

POWELL Evan - 1861 - 18/05/1861 - Miner. Dowlais (ironstone), Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall, injured back.

POWELL Griffith - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 56. Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

POWELL H. - 1860 - 08/11/1860 – Age 19 - Banksman. Bradley Lodge, W. Baldwin, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell down pit shaft.

POWELL J - 1869 - 18/03/1869 – Age 33 - Pikeman. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Injured on 17th by a fall of patchells in thick coal. Died this day.

POWELL J. - 1867 - 21/03/1867 – Age 42 - Collier. Old Park Colliery, Old Park Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

POWELL James - 1869 - 18/08/1869 – Age 20 - Hewer. Evenwood, T Charlton and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Blasting of Coal.

POWELL John - 1860 - 23/03/1860 – Age 25 - Loader. Long Meadow, Joseph Hackett, Titford, Staffordshire. Fall of top slipper roofs and blackbat in thick coal. The stratification in this mine is treacherous and the thick coal should be worked in twice. 2 killed.

POWELL John - 1862 - 25/06/1862 – Age 46 - Collier. Old Colliery, J and C Bailey, Nantyglo, Monmouth. Heavy fall of coal.

POWELL John - 1867 - 23/08/1867 – Age 27 - Collier. Rhondda Merthyr, E Lewis, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

POWELL Lewis - 1861 - 12/02/1861 – Age 13 - Collier. Cwm Pit, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Working in the stall with his father a piece of coal (partly holed) fell and killed him.

POWELL Roger - 1862 - 03/12/1862 – Age 39 - Engineman. Letty Shenkin, Executors of Mrs Rees, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal (6 feet vein).

POWELL Thomas - 1863 - 11/03/1863 - Collier. Abernant-y-groes, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through using powder. 2 killed.

POWELL Thomas - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 12. 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.

POWELL William - 1867 - 30/12/1867 – Age 48 - Collier. Ystalyfera Colliery, Ystalyfera Iron Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.