On road, cliff, 15 ft. by 8 ft. by 21 ins. thick. Deceased was taking down a piece of low roof.
He had knocked out two "flats," and was barring down the lower of two beds of stone, when
both beds fell on him and his assistant. He had stood two props under the upper bed
before he knocked out the flats, but they were overbalanced. Coronation seam.

At face, cliff, 6 ft. by 6 ft. by 1 ft. 6 ins. thick, fell on deceased while he was at work. At
least five props were discharged by the stone. Brithdir seam.

At face, cliff, 6 ft. by 2 ft. by 15 ins. thick, fell from between two slants which were
invisible before the accident. Two-feet-nine seam.

At face, cliff, 44 ft. by 2 ft. by 13 ins. thick, fell while, it was presumed, deceased was
putting up a prop under it, as one was found lying near his body. The stall had been
idle for some weeks, and the roof had been much crushed. Seven-feet seam.
At face, cliff, 5 ft. by 5 ft. by 27 ins. thick (part of rippings), crushed two props out and
fell on deceased. It had a slip on each side, and one at the inner end, just above the coal.
Gorllwyn seam.
At face, a wedge-shaped piece of rock, 6 ft. 6 ins. long, 3 ft. 4 ins. wide at the base, and
25 ins. thick, fell from between glassy slants. From the position in which deceased was
found, it was presumed that he was preparing to set a post under it.

At face, rock, 20 ft. by 7 ft. by 3 ft. thick, fell from between two slips. It was unsupported.
No. 3 Rhondda seam.

On road, cliff, 13 ft. by 6 ft. by 3 ft. thick, fell as he was taking out a cog which had
supported one end of the stone. He was very experienced at taking out timber, and it is
difficult to understand why he had not found out that the stone had "given," and taken
precautions. Four-feet seam.
On road, cliff, 3 ft. 9 ins. by 24 ft. by 20 ins. thick, fell while deceased and others were
cutting bottom on a double parting. It was quite unsupported. Six-feet seam.

On road, cliff, 15 ft. by 10 ft. by 8 ins. thick, fell while deceased was laying down rails. It
was quite unsupported. The Four-feet workings were passing over it, and no doubt
caused the stone to burst off from the roof. Six feet seam.

On road, cliff, 4 ft. by 20 ins. by 14 ins. thick, fell as deceased was walking out along the
heading. It was quite unsupported. Gorllwyn seam.

At face, coal (rippings). 9 ft. by 5 ft. by 30 ins. thick, fell, and knocked out a prop which
struck him full in the face, and fractured his skull. Six-feet seam.

Deceased had been ripping roof, and was clearing away the rubbish produced, when a stone,
3 or 4 inche square, fell from the edge of the rippings and cut his forehead slightly. He
continued working until the 13th March, when he had to give up owing to fits. He was
operated upon on the 12th April, and an abscess on the brain was found near the cut.
He died from the effects of the abscess on the 29th April.

At face, fireclay, 7 ft. by 3 ft. by 2 ft. thick, fell from between two diagonal slips on
deceased as he was about to set a post under it. His sledge hammer and a post were
found under the stone. The fireman had told him to set the post 1 hours before.
Seven-feet seam.

On road, cliff, 27 ft. by 10 ft. by 10 ft. thick, fell. Deceased was working with a repairer
who had cut out one pair of timbers, and was cutting out another when the roof began
to work, and crushed out eight pairs of timbers. There had been considerable squeeze on
the heading for some time previous, and deceased and the repairer were enlarging it. New

seam.

At face, cliff, triangular in shape, 16 ft. by 16 ft. by 9 ft., and 3 ft. thick, crushed out a cog
and three posts, and fell on deceased. The collier in charge of the stall was making
room to stand a pair of timbers under the stone. There were slants on two sides of it.
Ras Las seam.

On road, cliff, 7 ft. by 5 ft. by 16 ins. thick, fell as deceased was putting up a prop to carry
an electric power cable. No. 3 Rhondda seam.
At face, cliff, 4 ft. by 1 ft. by 17 ins. thick. It was quite unsupported. Nine feet seam.

On road, deceased had been sent for to assist in getting a wasteman from under a fall of
roof, and while so engaged, a piece of coal from the roof fell and struck him on his back.
He died on May 5th.

At face, cliff, 4 ft. by 2 ft. 10 ins, by 27 ins. thick, fell and knocked deceased against the tram,
so splitting his skull. The stone that fell was part of the rippings, and was bounded by
slips or joints. It was unsupported. Bute seam.

At face, ironstone, 40 ins. by 14 ins. by 7 ins. thick, fell between a pair of timber and the
face, a space of 40 ins. Part of it had rested on the timbers. Four feet seam.

At face, cliff, 17 ft. by 3 ft. by 1 ft. thick, fell from between two parallel slips, which ran
up until they met. One prop was crushed out, and deceased was at the time setting
another. He died in four days. No. 3 seam.

At face. Deceased and another man were making an airway through the gob near the face
when cliff, 8 ft. by 5 ft. by 3 ft. thick, from under which they had filled away
6 or 7 trams of rubbish, fell from between polished slants and killed him. The stone
was unsupported. Five feet seam.

On road, cliff, 12 ft. by 7 ft. by 5 ft. thick, fell as deceased was taking a full tram out. The
tram jumped off the rails, knocked out two pairs of timber, and allowed the roof to fall
on deceased, who was riding on the " "gun." Quarters seam.

At face, cliff, 6 ft. by 7 ft. by 4 ft. thick, fell, crushing two props out and killing deceased.
After the fall a smooth vertical joint was seen at the left side of the heading, which
undoubtedly caused the accident. The props must have lost their foothold on the steep
bottom. No. 2 Rhondda seam.

On road, cliff and rock, 7 ft. by 5 ft. by 5 ft. thick, fell on deceased, who was alone at the
time. It was unsupported. Ras Las seam.

A narrow heading, ft. wide, had been driven through a roll in the face. Deceased was
chipping at the side of this place to allow a coal cutting machine to pass through, when
a piece of the fireclay roof, 4 ft. by 4 ft. by 8 ins. thick, fell on his back. His spine was
injured, and he died in a month's time. The roof was unsupported.
Yard seam.
On road, fireclay, 10 ft. by 8 ft. by 1 ft. thick, fell outside of some double timbers, which
deceased was assisting in standing, and he was caught by the end of the stone. It was
unsupported. Two feet nine seam.

At face, cliff, 8 ft. 6 ins. by 3 ft. by 1 ft. thick, discharged two posts, and fell on deceased
from the front of the rippings. Brithdir seam.

On road, cliff, 7 ft. by 5 ft. by 7 ins. thick, fell as deceased was making a foothold for a
prop to hold a boring machine for boring a hole in the side. The fireman examined the
roof 20 minutes before the accident, found it given, and instructed deceased to take it
down before doing anything else. He, however, took no notice of the instruction, and,
in consequence, was killed, No. 3 Rhondda seam.

At face, fireclay, 6 ft. by 3 ft. by 20 ins. thick, fell from two diagonal slips. It was unsupported. Two-feet nine seam.

• All mires are coal mines, unless otherwise specified.

1906.

July 21,
3.10 A.M.

July 30

Aug. 14,

Dowlais Cardiff,

Cwm,

Glamorgan.

Crawshay Bros., Cyfarthfa,
Ltd.

1 P.M.

56

Cambrian, No. 1,

4 P.M.

Glamorgan.

57

Aug. 25,
12.30 P.M.

Deep Navigation,

Cambrian Collieries, Ltd.
Ocean Coal Co, Ltd.

...

Glamorgan.

Evan Lloyd,'

40,
Haulier.
Daniel Dwyer,

43,
Ripper.

Dd. John Evans, 29,

Collier.
John Rees,

40,
Repairer.
John Davies, 38,
Collier.

Edward Jones, 45,
Collier.
George Jones, 45,
¡Collier.

On road, rock, 4 ft. by 3 ft. by 1 ft. thick, fell as deceased was passing along a parting. The
parting had been made four years before, and the roof had not been supported by timbers.
Six-feet seam.
On road, rock,

ft. by 27 ins. by 32 ins., fell as deceased was clearing away the rubbish
produced by a shot. He is said to have sounded the roof shortly before the accident, and,
in time, would have taken the stone down, as the road was too low. Gellideg seam.
On road, cliff, 10 ft. by 4 ft. by 12 ins. thick, fell as he was walking along his road. It was
quite unsupported. Six-feet seam.

On road, cliff, 17 ft. by 10 ft. by 2 ft. 9 ins. thick. Deceased was sent to clear a small
fall on an untimbered roadway. He was poking at some loose stones with a pole when
the roof collapsed and buried him. Six-feet seam.

On road, cliff, 16 ft. by 5 ft. by 2 ft. thick, fell on deceased as they were replacing a rail,
which the last tram taken out had displaced. The roof was strong and the part that fell
was quite unsupported. On one side of the stone was a well defined slip, which with an
impersistent smooth above caused the fall. Five-feet six seam.

On road, rock, 13 ft. 8 ins. by 4 ft. by 4 ins. thick, fell and crushed deceased's neck on the
empty tram he was pushing towards the face of the heading. It was quite unsupported,
as the roof was said to have been so strong No. 2 Rhondda seam.

On road, while deceased was discharging rubbish from a tram, a piece of the "rippings'
(top coal) fell on him. Nine feet seam.

At face, rock, 7 ft. by 53 ins. at one end, and narrowing to a point at the other, and 52 ins.
thick, fell from between two slips as deceased was holing. It was at the road end, and
was unsupported. Had the usual mid-road props been set, the accident would in all pro-
bability have been prevented. The inner slips had crossed the stall from the left rib, and
was plainly visible. It should have acted as a warning to the officials and deceased.
No. 2 Rhondda seam.
At face, cliff (rippings), 8 ft. by 4 ft. by 22 ins. thick, fell from between two slants on to
deceased while he was preparing to set a post under it. A tram of coal had just pre-
viously been worked from under it. Yard seam.

On road, cliff and ironstone, 4 ft. 6 ins. by 4 ft. 7 ins. by 2 ft. 10 ins. thick, discharged a
post, and fell on deceased as he was ripping side at the entrance to a stall road. Two
feet nine seam.

Deceased was walking in after a journey of three trams drawn by a horse. When the parting was reached, deceased walked a little faster so as to pass before the horse was turned, but the horse took fright and sprang forward. The front tram got off the rails, struck out an arm, and caused a fall of roof and sides, which killed deceased. The haulier was walking in front of the horse, and so escaped injury. Five feet seam. At face, cliff, 3 ft. thick, fell on deceased as he was clearing and stowing some rubbish lying at the face. The stall had been idle for some time, and he had been sent to prop the roof and clear away the rubbish. Five props were discharged. Two feet nine seam.

Deceased was on his way to work, and, whilst passing under the arches on the pit level, where a portion of the crown of the arch had previously given way and been lagged, the roof broke through the laggings, and killed deceased on the spot.

All mines are coal mines, unless other vise specified.