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Offline wheldon

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Cymmer mining accident 15th September 1890
« on: Tuesday 11 September 12 21:29 BST (UK) »
Looking for further information on a mining accident at Cymmer mine, Pontypridd when a John W Roberts died on 15th September 1890. John was from Caernarvonshire, and according to the National Probate Index was a bachelor.

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Re: Cymmer mining accident 15th September 1890
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 September 12 21:54 BST (UK) »
It is not showing up on this Site which claims to have over 99% of the mining disasters;
http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/index.html

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Re: Cymmer mining accident 15th September 1890
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 September 12 21:55 BST (UK) »
Is this the one        Name:    ROBERTS John
Age:    26
Date:    15/09/1890
Year:    1890
Occupation:    Timberman
Colliery:    Cymmer
Owner:    Cymmer Colliery Co
Town:    Pontypridd
County:    Glamorgan
Notes:    He had put up a pair of timbers and was preparing a wedge to fasten it when one arm came out and the collar fell on his head fracturing his skull.
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Re: Cymmer mining accident 15th September 1890
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 11 September 12 22:12 BST (UK) »
Quote from: wrjones on Tuesday 11 September 12 21:54 BST (UK)
It is not showing up on this Site which claims to have over 99% of the mining disasters;
http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/index.html

Regards
William Russell Jones.

My grandfather was involved as Procurator Fiscal in the aftermath of many colliery deaths in Scotland. He said, bitterly, that if you were to be killed then it was best to be killed with several others because then there would be a public subscription for the widows and orphans.

More helpfully, there has been discussion of a different accident in the Cymmer pit on the Welsh Coal Mines forum, and you may get some hints from there. There are some very well-informed and very helpful people on that forum: may well be worth joining it. http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/forum/read.php?6,42248,42248#msg-42248
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Re: Cymmer mining accident 15th September 1890
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 12 September 12 12:40 BST (UK) »
Thankyou to all of you who replied to my request! The mining disaster webpage seems to class a disaster as more than five people killed, so I guess the incident in 1890 would be classed as an accident. Diolch yn fawr.
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