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1894 - Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd - 290 dead - 1894

Thanks to Billy Williams
For Bringing This To My Attention

The two hundred and ninety victims are listed in the official report on the disaster.
Those who were brought out of the pit alive but died later:-

John Lewis aged 40 years, ripper,
Richard Williams aged 25 years, labourer.
Samuel Evans aged 26 years, stoker 
Walter Osborne aged 26 years, ripper
William Farrow aged 34 years, labourer, 

 

Those killed in the explosion:-


Adam Roberts aged 42 years, labourer.
Albert Edward Thomas aged 25 years, fitter.
Albert John Davies aged 17 years, labourer.
Alexander Addis aged 27 years, roadman.
Arthur George Willett aged 27 years, labourer.
Arthur Jennings aged 21 years, labourer.
Arthur Timbs aged 30 years, labourer.
Benjamin Enyon aged 58 years, shackler.
Benjamin Skym aged 29 years, ripper.
Benjamin Stubbs aged 17 years, door-boy.
Benjamin Tucker aged 20 years, haulier.
Charles A. Jones aged 19 years, labourer.
Charles Gulliford aged 17 years, door-boy.
Charles Hughes aged 16 years, haulier.
Charles Jones aged 25 years, labourer.
Charles O’Conneil aged 23 years, labourer.
Charles Sanders aged 43 years, assistant ripper.
Charles Spencer aged 25 years, assistant timberman.
Cornelius Gronow aged 36 years, master haulier.
Cornelius John Horrell aged 22 years, labourer.
Daniel Daves aged 35 years, labourer.
Daniel Jones aged 25 years, haulier.
David Daniel Hughes aged 19 years, labourer.
David Davies aged 37 years, ripper.
David Evans aged 38 years, fireman.
David Griffiths aged 36 years, fireman.
David King aged 20 years, door-boy.
David Llewellyn aged 39 years, timberman.
David Morgan aged 36 years, ripper.
David Morris aged 40 years, roadman.
David Morris aged 44 years, timberman.
David Owen aged 22 years, labourer.
David Owen Griffiths aged 17 years, labourer.
David Owen James aged 25 years, stoker.
David Price Davies aged 32 years, timberman.
David Pugh aged 27 years, ripper.
David Watkins aged 26 years, haulier.
Edmund Daniels aged 16 years, door-boy.
Edward Bennett aged 50 years, ripper.
Edward Bowden aged 14 years, door-boy.
Edward Croncombe aged 50 years, labourer.
Edward John Thomas aged 16 years, door-boy.
Edward Jones aged 60 years, labourer.
Edward Rees aged 18 years, door-boy.
Edward Williams aged 39 years, labourer.
Edwin Godwin aged 47 years, labourer.
Edwin Powell aged 35 years, haulier.
Eli Facey aged 36 years, labourer.
Elias Davies aged 36 years, timberman.
Ellis Jones aged 40 years, ripper.
Emanuel Gilfoyle aged 34 years, labourer.
Enock Clarke aged 16 years, door-boy.
Evan Davies aged 17 years, shackler.
Evan Edwards aged 19 years, labourer.
Evan Gronow aged 24 years, rider.
Evan Jones aged 37 years, ripper.
Evan Morris aged 30 years, labourer.
Frank Joyce aged 24 years, labourer.
Frank Topp aged 22 years, labourer.
Frederick Carp aged 25 years, labourer.
Frederick Emett aged 19 years, door-boy.
Frederick Leonard aged 35 years, shackler.
Frederick Saunders aged 21 years, labourer.
Frederick Weeks aged 22 years, labourer.
George Boyce aged 17 years, door-boy.
George Burford aged 20 years, haulier.
George Evans aged 30 years, ripper.
George Hunt aged 17 years, cogman.
George Lemon aged 33 years, ripper.
George Manders aged 32 years, haulier.
George Pearce aged 40 years, ripper.
George Provis aged 33 years, ripper.
George Pugley aged 20 years, labourer.
George Watkins aged 18 years, door-boy.
George Williams aged 35 years, haulier.
George Winter aged 31 years, haulier.
Gilbert Roff aged 16 years, door-boy.
Henry Charles Hooper aged 32 years, haulier.
Henry Howe aged 43 years, ripper.
Henry James aged 37 years, ripper.
Henry John Bale aged 23 years, labourer.
Henry Lewis aged 39 years, fireman.
Henry Morgan aged 18 years, haulier.
Herbert Allard aged 22 years, assistant timberman.
Hugh Jones aged 22 years, pumper.
Hugh Pugh aged 27 years, timberman.
Hugh Pugh aged 32 years, ripper.
Hugh Roberts aged 37 years, ripper.
Humphrey Jones aged 39 years, ripper.
ıohn Harris aged 34 years, haulier.
Isaac Comely aged 22 years, labourer.
Isaacher Willliams aged 49 years, labourer.
ıWilliam Brown aged 17 years, labourer.
James Allen aged 35 years, labourer.
James Burns aged 18 years, door-boy.
James Colvill aged 21 years, haulier.
James Cronin aged 28 years, haulier.
James Cullan aged 26 years, assistant ripper.
James Hunt aged 49 years, cogman.
James Jones aged 27 years, fireman.
James Jones aged 27 years, labourer.
James Pockwell aged 34 years, labourer.
James Quartley aged 30 years, ripper.
James Rees aged 38 years, ripper.
James Rowe aged 25 years, hitcher.
James Stevens aged 40 years, labourer.
James Tickle aged 23 years, labourer.
James Toozer aged37 years, labourer.
John Ashton aged 27 years, ripper.
John Bevan aged 31 years, timberman.
John Biddle aged 19 years, collier.
John Bryans aged 24 years, haulier.
John Cannings aged 39 years, engineman.
John Charles Pugsey aged 25 years, labourer.
John Coles aged 23 years, haulier.
John Cox aged 32 years, labourer.
John Dimond aged 18 years, door-boy.
John Edward Davies aged 26 years, labourer.
John Evans aged 25 years, ripper.
John Evans aged 25 years, ripper.
John Evans aged 48 years, fitter.
John Evans, aged 49 years, overman.
John Gould aged 24 years, labourer.
John Gregory aged 26 years, labourer.
John Griffith Roberts aged 39 years, ripper.
John Hearne aged 18 years, door-boy.
John Heridge aged 25 years, roadman.
John Hughes aged 17 years, door-boy.
John James aged 30 years, ripper.
John James Pingcombe aged 24 years, assistant ripper.
John Jones aged 17 years, labourer.
John Jones aged 37 years, ripper.
John Kerslake Cann aged 28 years, pumper.
John Kings aged 32 years, ripper.
John Lloyd aged 47 years, labourer.
John Lumley aged 41 years, ripper.
John McGrath aged 23 years, labourer.
John Mears aged 40 years, labourer.
John Morgan aged 38 years, haulier.
John Parfitt aged 45 years, labourer.
John Rees aged 38 years, labourer.
John Rees aged 38 years, timberman.
John Shaddock aged 23 years, hitcher.
John Stott aged 32 years, haulier.
John Thomas aged 29 years, haulier.
John Webb aged 38 years, assistant timberman.
John Williams aged 50 years, ripper.
Johnathan Rees aged 29 years, ripper.
Joseph Grey aged 20 years, shackler.
Joseph Hughes aged 29 years, ripper.
Joseph Shepherd aged 24 years, labourer.
Joseph Thomas aged 17 years, door-boy.
Levi Evans aged 45 years, ripper.
Lewis Howells aged 32 years, ripper.
Lewis Jones aged 21 years, ripper.
Llwellyn Rees aged 43 years, ripper.
Morris Ashton aged 33 years, timberman.
Morris Lennou aged 24 years, haulier.
Nathaniel Edwards aged 19 years, haulier.
Owen Hughes aged 25 years, ripper.
Owen Thomas aged 18 years, door-boy.
Patrick Barrett aged 50 years, labourer.
Patrick Burns aged 20 years, labourer.
Patrick Furlong aged 19 years, labourer.
Patrick Kahon aged 20 years, cogman.
Patrick O’Donnell aged 21 years, labourer.
Peter Smith aged 19 years, door-boy.
Philip Fletcher aged 18 years, door-boy.
Philip John Guard aged 18 years, haulier.
Rees Jenkins aged 33 years, assistant ripper.
Reuben Heyballs aged 23 years, labourer.
Richard Bluck aged 28 years, haulier.
Richard Bowden aged 18 years, door-boy.
Richard Davies aged 20 years, haulier.
Richard Evans aged 28 years, ripper.
Richard Griffiths aged 26 years, haulier.
Richard Gronow aged 26 years, master haulier.
Richard Herbert aged 48 years, ripper.
Richard James aged 20 years, labourer
Richard Jones aged 60 years, ripper.
Richard Owen aged 20 years, haulier.
Richard Reeves aged 23 years, labourer.
Richard Roberts aged 18 years, labourer.
Richard Roberts aged 36 years, ripper.
Richard Thomas aged 20 years, haulier.
Richard Thomas aged 30 years, haulier.
Robert Jones aged 25 years, assistant ripper.
Robert Jones aged 40 years, ripper.
Robert Parry aged 40 years, ripper.
Robert Smith aged 23 years, haulier.
Roderick Jenkins aged 38 years, haulier.
Rowland Jones aged 39 years, ripper.
Samuel Brain aged 31 years, labourer.
Samuel Burgess Vile aged 31 years, labourer.
Samuel Morgan aged 23 years, assistant ripper.
Samuel Taylor aged 20 years, assistant ripper.
Sidney Cox aged 22 years, assistant ripper.
Sidney Hazel aged 32 years, ripper.
Stephen Downs aged 22 years, haulier.
Stephen Evans aged 28 years, ripper.
Thomas Burton Jones aged 32 years, ripper.
Thomas Evans aged 19 years, rider.
Thomas Evans aged 38 years, ripper.
Thomas Gittins aged 26 years, ripper.
Thomas Haynes aged 17 years, door-boy.
Thomas Henry Harper aged 28 years, labourer.
Thomas Hughes aged 48 years, ripper.
Thomas Jenkins aged 24 years, ripper.
Thomas Jenkins aged 42 years, ripper.
Thomas Jones aged 28 years, ripper.
Thomas Lennon aged 18 years, haulier.
Thomas Lowe aged 42 years, ripper.
Thomas Morgan aged 18 years, door-boy.
Thomas O’Leary aged 17 years, door-boy.
Thomas Powell aged 35 years, master haulier.
Thomas Powell aged 50 years, ripper.
Thomas Prout aged 365 years, ripper.
Thomas Rees aged 33 years, ripper.
Thomas Robinson aged 40 years, labourer.
Thomas Smith aged 31 years, engine-man.
Thomas Winter aged 30 years, shackler.
Timothy Daley aged 17 years, labourer.
Timothy Jones aged 26 years, ripper.
Timothy Sullivan aged 47 years, labourer.
Walter Berridge aged 21 years, assistant timberman.
Walter John Packman aged 26 years, master haulier.
Walter Price aged 21 years, haulier.
Walter Real aged 21 years, labourer.
Walter Searle aged 20 years, labourer.
Walter Webb aged 20 years, labourer.
William Barr aged 29 years, labourer.
William Bates aged 40 years, labourer.
William Chamberlain aged 21 years, labourer.
William David Edwards aged 19 years, haulier.
William Dobbs aged 39 years, fireman.
William Evans aged 29 years, assistant ripper.
William Evans aged 46 years, ripper.
William F. Jones aged 49 years, ripper.
William George aged 21 years, ropeman.
William Griffiths aged 24 years, ripper.
William Gronow aged 33 years, master haulier.
William Harvey aged 25 years, labourer.
William Henry Frost aged 21 years, labourer.
William Henry Lewis aged 26 years, haulier.
William Henry Pulsford aged 33 years, ripper.
William Hughes aged 25 years, ripper.
William Humphreys aged 30 years, labourer.
William Hurrell aged 38 years, labourer.
William John Harding aged 16 years, shackler.
William Jones aged 18 years, collier.
William Jones aged 26 years, fitter.
William Jones aged 26 years, labourer.
William Jones aged 29 years, ripper.
William Jones aged 31 years, timberman.
William Knott aged 53 years, labourer.
William Morgan aged 24 years, ripper.
William Morris aged 42 years, collier.
William Oliver aged 55 years, ripper.
William Pary aged 20 years, haulier.
William Price aged 29 years, haulier.
William Richards aged 19 years, labourer.
William Roberts aged 39 years, ripper.
William Rogers aged 23 years, haulier.
William Thomas aged 28 years, ripper.
William Thomas aged 30 years, haulier.
William Thomas Hopkin aged 20 years, haulier.
William Ware aged 35 years, haulier.
William Williams aged 23 years, ripper.
William Williams aged 30 years, timberman.
William Williams aged 47 years, haulier.

Those recovered from the pit but not identified:-

David Jones aged 23 years, ropeman
Edwin Williams aged 39 years, ripper
Evan Pearce Evans aged 33 years, ripper
George Knight aged 30 years, labourer 
Henry Evans aged 30 years, timberman
Jason Parry aged 23 years, labourer Lest we forget Lest we forget
John Enos Jenkins aged 35 years, ripper
John Jones aged 26 years, labourer
Morgan Lloyd aged 32 years, ripper
Thomas James aged 33 years, ripper
Thomas Murphy aged 24 years, labourer
Thomas Powell aged 31 years, timberman
Thomas White aged 21 years, labourer


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