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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  15th July 1880
Colliery:  Risca
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp. Ignition probably caused by Clanny Lamp
Lives Lost:  120

 Adams, Henry, aged 45, Labourer
 Adams, William
 Ashman, William, aged 24, Labourer
 Baker, Frederick, aged 17, Haulier
 Baker, Henry, aged 24, Haulier
 Ball, Fred, aged 36, Stower
 Benn, William, aged 42, Repairer
 Bowden, Thomas, aged 35, Hitcher
 Brake, David, aged 29, Collier
 Bray, John, aged 57, Lampman
 Breeze, Thomas
 Brookman, Henry, aged 40, Fireman
 Bush, Stephen, aged 64, Bottom Cutter
 Bush, William, aged 25, Labourer
 Caines, William, aged 68, Ostler
 Carey, Charles, aged 26, Dukey Rider
 Charles, William, aged 45, Labourer
 Chiddy, Thomas, aged 29, Collier
 Cordey, William, aged 49, Ripper
 Crook, Mark, aged 30, Bottom Cutter
 Dale, Thomas, aged 46, Labourer
 Daley, John, aged 18, Haulier
 Davies, James, aged 18, Assistant Mason
 Davies, William, aged 34, Stower
 Dix, Samuel, aged 51, Timberman
 Dix, Thomas, aged 26, Timberman
 Edwards, Charles
 Edwards, Daniel
 Edwards, Thomas, aged 24, Labourer
 Edwards, Uriah, aged 37, Overman
 Emery, Mark, aged 29, Timberman
 English, Charles, aged 45, Ripper
 Evans, George, aged 55, Bottom Cutter
 Everett, Joseph, aged 59, Timberman
 Ford, Cornelius, aged 16, Timekeeper
 Francis, Morgan, aged 32, Haulier
 Fry, John, aged 28, Ostler
 Griffiths, Thomas, aged 38, Timberman
 Gulliver, Simon, aged 45, Timberman
 Harler, Joseph, aged 33, Timberman
 Harris, Simon, aged 25, Stower
 Harris, William, aged 25, Haulier
 Harvey, Henry, aged 41, Master Haulier
 Harvey, Jervis, aged 13, Collier
 Haycocks, James, aged 25, Dukey Rider
 Hayes, Evan, aged 27, Roadman
 Hughes, William, aged 43, Ostler
 Hurley, Jerry, aged 22, Labourer
 Hyatt, John, aged 54, Bottom Cutter
 James, Daniel, aged 39, Bottom Cutter
 Jay, Daniel, aged 44, Labourer
 Johnson, Jephtha, aged 26, Stower
 Jones, James, aged 20, Haulier
 Jones, John, aged 34, Mason
 Jones, John, aged 27, Stower
 Jones, Phillip, aged 26, Timberman
 Jones, Thomas, aged 25, Haulier
 Jones, Thomas, aged 60, Labourer
 Jones, Thomas, aged 72, Mason
 Leicester, William, aged 19, Haulier
 Lent, Thomas, aged 36, Master Haulier
 Lewis, Daniel, aged 47, Collier
 Lewis, David, aged 31, Labourer
 Lewis, Llewellyn, aged 17, Collier
 Lewis, Thomas, aged 43, Fireman
 Lewis, William
 Leyshon, Lewis, aged 50, Timberman
 Leyshon, Rees, aged 22, Timberman
 Lister, William
 Lugg, Robert, aged 40, Bottom Cutter
 Marsh, Henry, aged 19, Haulier
 Matthews, William, aged 52, Ripper
 Meade, Charles, aged 38, Labourer
 Mills, William, aged 56, Bollom Cutter
 Milson, John, aged 20, Haulier
 Moore, Daniel, aged 19, Haulier
 Morgan, John, aged 28, Timberman
 Morgan, Thomas, aged 17, Haulier
 Morgan, William, aged 31, Bollom Cutler
 Palmer, William, aged 66, Bolom Cutter
 Phillips, William, aged 34, Haulier
 Poole, Charles, aged 13, Doorboy
 Poole, George, aged 45, Collier
 Potter, John, aged 29, Ripper
 Powell, James, aged 18, Collier
 Powell, Stephen, aged 26, Collier
 Price, Thomas, aged 32, Haulier
 Rendall, Thomas, aged 27, Timberman
 Rosser, George, aged 35, Labourer
 Sage, Jesse, aged 42, Stower
 Scannell, David, aged 43, Timberman
 Sheen, William, aged 45, Labourer
 Shore, Alfred, aged 13, Doorboy
 Smith, George, aged 24, Haulier
 Stafford, William John, aged 13, Doorboy
 Summerhill, Thomas, aged 24, Collier
 Theophilus, Isaac, aged 40, Haulier
 Thomas, Lewis
 Thomas, Thomas, aged 36, Surface Lab.
 Tooze, Henry, aged 29, Mason
 Tovey, William James, aged 13, Doorboy
 Tucker, Samuel, aged 35, Bottom Cutter
 Vaughan, George, aged 55, Labourer
 Vaughan, William, aged 13, Doorboy
 Wallace, Thomas, aged 17, Haulier
 Wallace, Thomas, aged 52, Timberman
 Walters, Thomas, aged 32, Timberman
 West, William, aged 41, Timberman
 Wilcox, Edward, aged 30, Stower
 Williams, Lewis, aged 32, Timberman
 Williams, Samuel, aged 35, Haulier
 Woodford, John, aged 18, Haulier
 Woolley, Thomas, aged 29, Collier
 Wynn, John, aged 30, Timberman
 Yemm, George, aged 38, Bottom Cutter
 Yenn, Mesech, aged 20, Haulier
 
116 of 120 names found
 
Youngest: 13 years old ; Oldest: 72 ; Average: 34

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