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Please note: not all of the sufferers listed here are shown in the other tables - the disaster index only shows those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost.

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Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
Mead, William 49 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Meade, Charles 38 15 Jul 1880 Risca MON
Meade, William 39 22 Sep 1934 Gresford DEN
Meadowcroft, L. 29 01 Jan 1942 Sneyd STS
Meadows, Benjamin 52 06 Feb 1890 Llanerch, Pontypool WLS
Meadows, James 31 06 Feb 1890 Llanerch, Pontypool WLS
Meakin, John 34 30 Apr 1896 Micklefield YKS
Mears, John 40 23 Jun 1894 Albion Colliery GLA
Meckarthy, John 21 11 Sep 1878 Abercarn, Prince Of Wales Pit MON
Mee, James 11 Nov 1895 Blackwell 'A' Winning DBY
Mee, John 51 19 Dec 1881 Abram LAN
Meechan, Thomas 39 22 Oct 1877 Blantyre, No. 2 Pit LKS
Meechan, W. 22 18 Sep 1959 Auchengeich LKS
Megson, George 29 Jul 1941 Crigglestone YKS
Megson, W. 33 02 Oct 1886 Altofts, Silkstone YKS
Meharry, M. 09 Sep 1967 Michael FIF
Meikle, Thomas 41 05 Sep 1889 Mauricewood MLN
Meikle, Walter 12 05 Sep 1889 Mauricewood MLN
Meikle, William 44 05 Sep 1889 Mauricewood MLN
Meikle, William, jnr. 15 05 Sep 1889 Mauricewood MLN
Meldrum, C. 22 Mar 1962 Hapton Valley LAN
Meldrum, C. 12 Apr 1962 Tower GLA
Melling, G. 18 Aug 1908 Maypole LAN
Melling, Thomas 46 01 Jan 1869 High Brooks, Park Lane LAN
Melling, Thomas 22 07 Jun 1878 Haydock, Wood Pit LAN
Melling, William 25 Sep 1934 Gresford DEN
Mellins, John 16 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Mellish, William 36 30 Sep 1950 Creswell DBY
Mellish, William 55 30 Sep 1950 Creswell DBY
Mellor, Daniel 19 05 Mar 1847 Ardsley Main YKS
Mellor, William 42 14 Jun 1866 Victoria CHS
Mellor, William 42 04 Jun 1867 Dukinfield, Lakes Pit CHS
Melvin, John Seaton 07 Sep 1950 Knockshinnoch Castle AYR
Melvin, Thomas 07 Sep 1950 Knockshinnoch Castle AYR
Mendus, Thomas Propert 32 14 Oct 1913 Universal Colliery, Senghenydd GWN
Menzies, James 15 10 Dec 1909 Caprington AYR
Mercer, James 34 14 Jun 1866 Victoria CHS
Mercer, James 34 04 Jun 1867 Dukinfield, Lakes Pit CHS
Mercer, John 48 30 Dec 1868 Haydock, Queen Pit LAN
Mercer, John 48 21 Jul 1869 Haydock, Queen Pit LAN
Meredith, Charles 20 21 Jun 1865 Bedwellty, Tredegar WLS
Meredith, Evan 29 08 Nov 1867 Ferndale GLA
Meredith, Evan 36 07 Jun 1878 Haydock, Wood Pit LAN
Meredith, George 36 11 Sep 1878 Abercarn, Prince Of Wales Pit MON
Meredith, Henry 16 11 Sep 1878 Abercarn, Prince Of Wales Pit MON
Meredith, John 11 Jul 1905 National GLA
Meredith, Leonard 22 28 Jul 1923 Maltby Main YKS
Meredith, Thomas 51 21 Jun 1865 Bedwellty, Tredegar WLS
Meredith, Thomas 43 14 Oct 1913 Universal Colliery, Senghenydd GWN
Meredith, William 56 11 Jul 1905 National GLA
Merrick, Arthur 23 04 Mar 1908 Hamstead STS
Merrick, James 35 14 Apr 1874 Astley Deep, Duckinfield CHS
Merrick, William Henry 19 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Merricks, John 30 30 Dec 1868 Haydock, Queen Pit LAN
Merricks, John 30 21 Jul 1869 Haydock, Queen Pit LAN
Merrifield, Charles 58 27 May 1857 Tyr Nicholas MON
Merrifield, Samuel 29 27 May 1857 Tyr Nicholas MON
Metcalf, Lawrence 07 Nov 1883 Altham, Moorfield Pit LAN
Metcalf, Thomas 33 07 Nov 1883 Altham, Moorfield Pit LAN
Meyrick, David 56 04 Aug 1896 Bryncoch, No. 1 Main GLA
Meyrick, William. 32 11 Sep 1878 Abercarn, Prince Of Wales Pit MON

For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.


For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.


Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.


For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report shows that they were killed in the accident.


For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report into the incident shows that they were injured in the accident.


For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report into the incident shows that they were called as a witness at the inquiry into the accident.


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