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Death Roll

Gresford Colliery

22nd of September 1934



Name		 		Job		Age 	Of
Anders, John Thomas		Repairer	31	31 (39) Bertie Road, Wrexham
Anders, John	 		Beltman		27	17 Empress Road, Wrexham
Anderson, George	  	Repairer	67    	Old Rhosrobin
Andrews, Alfred (Owen)		Cutter		43	Benjamin Road, Wrexham
Archibald, Joseph (John)*  	Metal		47  	9 Finney Street, Rhosddu
Archibald, Thomas  	  	Cutter		30	44 Council Houses, Pandy
Baines, David	  		Haulage		26	49 (4) Victoria Road, Brynteg
Bateman, Maldwyn   		Haulage  	15	11 Lorne Street, Rhosddu
Bather, (Edward) Wynne  	Collier		36  	Finney Street, Rhosddu
Beddoe(w)s, Edward		Collier		63	The Woodlands, High Street, Gwersyllt
Bew(d)ley, Thomas Lloyd		Collier		58    	15 Park Street, Wrexham
Bow, (Bew) Arthur	 	Cutter		45	13 y Houses, Rhosddu
Bowen, Alf (F)  	 	Borer		53	Rhostyllen (71 Langdale Avenue, Rhos)
Boycott, Henry	            	Packer		38	18 Offa Terrace, Wrexham
Brain, Herbert	 		Repairer	31	15 Pentrefelin, Wrexham
Bramwell, George	 	Haulage		30	11 Western Road, New Broughton 
Brannan, John 	 		Collier		32	Ffordd Edgeworth, Wrexham
Brown, George*			Rescuer		53	Birkett St. Rhostyllen
Killed on the surface three days later on 25th Sept. 1934, when a seal blew out.
Brown, William Arthur 		Rider Haulage	22 	2 Albert St; Wrexham*
Bryan, John A.H.  	 	Packer 		20	72 Llewellyn Road, Coedpoeth
Buckley, A.  			Haulage		21	Mountain View, Windy Hill, Summerhill
Burns, Fred 	 		Collier		41  	33 Bennion’s Road, Huntroyd, Wrexham
Capper John A. 	 		Packer		35  	1 Wrexham Road, Broughton
Cartwright, Albert Edward	Packer		24	25 Florence Street, Wrexham
Cartwright, Charles  	 	Filler		25	25 Florence Street, Rhosddu
Chadwick, Stephen	 	Filler		21	8 Kenyon Street, Wrexham
Chesters, Edwin*		Fireman		67	Beal’s Cottages, Bradley
Clutton, Arthur  	 	Packer		29	40 Lorne Street, Rhosddu
Clutton, George (Albert) 	Packer		20	7 March Terrace, New Rhosrobin
Clutton, John Thomas*		Rider Haulage	35	40 Council Houses, Bradley (Pandy)
Collins, John ( Jos.)	  	Shot Firer	62	Council Houses, Bradley Pandy
Cornwall, Thomas R.		Haulage		30	23 Bennion’s Road, Wrexham
Crump, William  	 	Cutter-man	36	157 Council Houses, Bradley
Darlington, Thomas 	 	Ripper		28    	39 Mountain Street, Rhos
Davies, Arthur	 		Filler		24	Havelock Square, Wrexham
Davies, Edward  	 	Packer		53	Cyngorfan, Rhos
Davies, George (William)	Haulage		26	29 Farndon Street, Wrexham
Davies, Hugh T.  	 	Borer		26    	Holly Bush Terrace, Bradley
Davies, James	 		Repairer	31	4 Williams Cottages, Moss
Davies, James			Repairer	37   	14 Boundary Terrace, Green, Brymbo
Davies, James (Edward) 		Filler		21	29 Farndon Street, Wrexham
Davies, John 	 		Collier		64	7 Meifod Place, Wrexham
Davies, John	 		Repairer	45	Fern Leigh, Rhosrobin Road, Wrexham
Davies, John E. 		Collier		32	43 Bennions Road, Wrexham
Davies, E. R. (John R.) 	Repairer	69 	Fern Leigh, Rhosrobin Road, Wrexham
Davies, Matthias  	 	Filler		24	4 Erw Las, Maesydre, Wrexham
Davies, D. (Peter)  	 	Repairer	50	8 Newtown, Gresford
Davies, Peter  	 		Filler		25	6 March Terrace, New Rhosrobin
Davies, Peter	 		Borer		21	7 Glanllyn, Bradley
Davies, Robert Thomas		Collier		34	4 Mountain View, Caego
Davies, Samuel  	 	Filler		35	45 (14) Woodland View, New Rhosrobin
Davies, Thomas  	 	Repairer	31	Erw Cottage, Caergwrle
Davies, William	 		Repairer	33	14 Acton Terrace, Rhosnessni
Dodd, Thomas  	 		Ripper		39	Maeseinnion, Rhos.
Duckett, Fred  	 		Collier		29	7 Beech Terrace, Ruabon
Edge, Joseph (John) 		Haulage		28	62 Nelson Street, Hightown
Edge, S. (T. Samuel)		Collier		30	17 South Street, Rhos
Edwards, Albert  	 	Repairer	62	Nr. Kings Head, Moss
Edwards, Ernest	 		Haulage		16	31 Green Road, Brymbo
Edwards, I. (E. Glyn)		Haulage		23	13 Woodland View, New Rhosrobin 
Edwards, Ernest Thomas		Ripper		53	4 Queen Street, Rhos
Edwards, Frank	 		Pipe-man	23	14 Chestnut Ave, Acton, Wrexham
Edwards, James Sam		Haulage		-	Top Road, Moss
Edwards E. (John Edward)	Collier		39	6 Glan Afon, Maesydre, Wrexham
Edwards, John C. 	 	Packer		30	9 Coronation Cottages, New Rd, Southsea
Edwards E. T. (Thomas David)	Ripper		40	6 New Street, Rhos
Edwards, William  	 	Ripper		32	20 Church Street, Rhos
Edwardson, John	 		Beltman		41	High Street, Gresford
Ellis, George (Edward)		Collier		43	35 Council Houses, Pandy
Evans, Fred 	 		Collier		50	1 Grange Road, (Avenue)										Rhosddu, Wrexham
Evans, Jos. (John)	 	Cutterman	32	Ness Cottage, Park Wall, Gwersyllt
Evans, Norman  	 		Doggie		45	14 Grange Avenue, Rhosddu
Evans, Ralph	 		Cutter		37	135 Pentre Lane, Llay
Fisher, Len  	 		Haulage		30	44 Maple Avenue, Acton
Foulkes, H. (Irwin)  	 	Haulage		21	Bryn Gardden, Rhos (15 Cyngorfan, Rhos)
Gabriel, Richard George		Collier		61	Crispin Lane, Wrexham
Gittens, Joseph (John Henry) 	Repairer	42	11 Abenbury Street, Wrexham
Goodwin, John	 		Packer		51	6 Chapel Road, New Broughton
Griffiths, Edward	 	Filler		21	Brandy Cottages, Cefn (Ruabon)
Griffiths, Ellis  	 	Packer		50	68 Cynghorfan, Rhos
Griffiths, Emmanuel 	 	Packer		53	14 High Street, Penycae 
Griffiths (E.) C. 	 	Repairer	25	6 Gardd Estyn, Garden Village
Griffiths, Frank (John Francis) Repairer	57	14 Oxford Street, Wrexham
Griffiths, Walter 	 	Repairer	50	5 (3) Victoria Road, Brynteg
Hall, Walter 			Packer		49	4 Church Road, Brynteg
Hallam, Thomas W.  		Packer		32	5 3 Railway Terrace, Gwersyllt
Hamlington, Arthur	 	Repairer	62	Yew Tree Cottage, Little Mountain, Summerhill 
Hampson, Frank (A.)  		Repairer	32  	78 Ruabon Road, Rhostyllen
Harrison, Arthur	 	Collier		21	13 (30) Moss Hill, Moss
Harrison, Charles Edward	Haulage		15	19 James Street, Wrexham
Hewitt, P. (Phillip J.)	 	Repairer	56	Poplar Avenue, Rhos
Higgins, W. (William Henry)	Haulage		27	12 Finney Street, Rhosddu
Holt, Alfred  (F)	 	Cutter		31	155 Pentre Lane, Llay
Hold (Houlden) John Henry	Haulage		21	25 Second Avenue. Llay
Hughes, Cecil  	 		Packer		23	Tanygraig, Minera
Hughes, Daniel 			Rescuer 	56 	23 First Avenue, LlayLlay
Hughes, Francis O. 	 	Repairer	60  	7 Acton Terrace, Rhosnessni
Hughes, G. (Harry)	 	Cutter-man	44	3 Hill Crescent Crest, Spring Lodge, Wrexham
Hughes, John 	 		Repairer	58	29 (59) Percy Road, Wrexham
Hughes, Peter Joseph  	 	Collier		27	Tanygraig, Minera
Hughes, Robert John	  	Collier		29	14 Lorne Street, Rhosddu
Hughes, Walter Ellis  		Packer		24	Rosemary Crescent, Rhostyllen 
Hughes, William  	 	Collier		43	4 Long Row, Brymbo
Hughes, William 		Rescuer		54 	Vernon Street, Wrexham (Jackson’s Houses, New Rhosrobin)
Humphries, Ben 	 		Collier		34 	50 Vernon Street, Rhosddu
Humphreys, Joseph (John) 	Cutter-man	30  	22 Edward’s Road, Brynteg
Husbands, Thomas 	 	Collier		40  	18 Manley Road, Wrexham
Jarvis, Ernest  	 	Cutter-man	41	Ddol (7 Vownog), Bersham
Jenkins, William T.	 	Collier		25	14 Heol Offa, Vron
Johns, Percy 	 		Packer		27 	Ffordd Edgeworth, Maesydre
Jones, Albert Edward		Borer		31	25 Nelson Street, Wrexham 
Jones, Azariah	 		Header		37    	50 Westminster Road, Moss
Jones, Cyril  	           	Collier		26	Main Road, Old Rhosrobin
Jones, Daniel 	 		Repairer	33	14 Weston Road, New Broughton
Jones, David L. 	 	Cutter-man	36	9 Colliery Road, Rhosddu
Jones, Edward	 		Repairer	64	5 Woodland View, High Street, Gwersyllt
Jones, Edward  	 		Repairer	56	Queen Street, Cefn
Jones, Edward George*		Haulage		23 	29 Ruabon Road, Wrexham*
Jones, Eric  	 		Filler		23	116 Rosemary Crescent, Rhostyllen
Jones, Ernest  	 		Packer		36	35 Glan Garth, Maesydre
Jones, Evan Hugh	 	Repairer	55 	Marion House, New Brighton, Minera
Jones, Francis O.	 	Haulage		27	21 Council Houses, Berse
Jones, Fred  	 		Packer		30	4 Woodland View, New Rhosrobin
Jones, Frederick H.C.		Borer		31	Bridge Street, Holt
Jones,George	 		Beltman		47	18 Glan Garth, Maesydre
Jones, J. (George Humphrey)	Haulage		22    	24 Russell Street, Cefn
Jones, Gwilym 	 		Repairer	52	16  Glan Garth, Maesydre
Jones, Henry  	  		Collier		59   	1 Gordon Terrace, Rhosddu
Jones, Idris  	 		Haulage		37	59 Nant Road, Coedpoeth
Jones, Iorwerth  	 	Haulage		52	Bryn Dolwar, Rhosrobin Road
Jones, Jabez (James) 		Haulage		43	1 Morgan Avenue, Rhossdhu 
Jones, John Dan  	 	Repairer	42	3 Williams Cottages, Moss
Jones, John Richard	 	Repairer	33	6 Mostyn View, Coedpoeth
Jones, John Robert	 	Repairer	55	119 Pentre Lane, Llay
Jones, Llewellyn  		Haulage		40	Yew Tree Bungalow, Gresford
JonesLlewellyn	 		Repairer	49	3 Windsor Road, New Broughton
Jones, Llewellyn 	 	Collier		38	3 Bersham Road, New Broughton	
Jones, Neville  	 	Beltman		30	Ffordd Maelor, Maesydre
Jones, Richard Henry		Haulage		21    	5 Bryn Terrace, Ruabon
Jones, Richard J.  	 	Repairer	34	3 White Houses, Lodge, Brymbo
Jones, Robert  	 		Packer		49	Hillock Lane, Gresford
Jones, Robert  			Deputy Fireman	57	Drefechan, Penycae
Jones, Thomas  	 		Packer		55	28 Council Houses, Gresford 
Jones, Thomas E.  	  	Collier		-    	Poolmouth Valley, (Road) Moss
Jones, Thomas John	 	Haulage		58	Bryndedwydd, Marford Hill 
Jones, Thomas O.  	 	Collier		59	Penllyn, Trevor, Cefn
Jones, William 	 		Filler		21	2 Lloyd Street, Rhos
Jones, William 	 		Haulage		51	16 Lorne Street, Rhossdu
Kelsall, John (Jack)	 	Packer		37	Rose Cottage, Common Wood, Holt
Kelsall, James 	 		Haulage		30	34 Florence Street, Wrexham
Lawrence, William*	 	Haulage		40 (43) 8 (9) Nelson Street, Hightown*
Lee, John Thomas	 	Repairer	30	10 Heol Offa, Coedpoeth
Lee, Thomas  	 		Repairer	16	10 Heol Offa, Coedpoeth
Lewis, David	 		Repairer	44	6 Merlin Street, Johnstown
Lewis, David Thomas		Cutter-man	46	3 Middle Road, Coedpoeth
Lewis, Jack (John)		Rescuer		48 	9 Railway Terrace, Cefnybedd
Lilly, Joel	 		Repairer	41	Main Road, Old Rhosrobin
Lloyd, Thomas  			Packer		55	14 y Road, Rhosddu
Lloyd, William	 		Collier		59	22 Finney Street, Rhossdu
Lloyd, William Sydney 		Haulage		17	2 Pentre Lane, Llay
Lucas, John	  		Collier		59	53 (153) Council Houses, Glanllyn Gwersyllt
McKean, Joseph (John)            Repairer	30	15 Cheshire View, Spring Lodge Wrexham
Maggs, Colin V.  	 	Haulage		17	Talwrn House, Talwrn
Mannion, Albert  		Filler		29	12 Hill Crest, Spring Lodge
Manuel, S.A. (Thomas A.) 	Repairer	33	31 Meadows Lane, Spring Lodge
Martin, William Henry 		Ripper		37	7 Newtown, Gresford
Mathews, William V.  		Haulage		18	34 (22) Hill Street, Penycae
Mathias, Samuel  		Fireman		42	6 Eagle's Place, Moss
Meades, William	 		Packer		39	22 St. John's Road, Wrexham
Mitchell, George  	 	Haulage		23	35 James Street, Wrexham
Monks, Ernest	 		Haulage		23	Glan Afon, Bwlchgwyn
Morley, Edward 	 		Repairer	57	89 Council Houses, Bradley
Morris, Alfred  	 	Haulage		20	20 High Street, Penycae
Nichols, Harry  	 	Repairer	32	3 Ashfield Road, Crispin Lane, Wrexham
Nichols, John	 		Collier		29	18 Beast Market, Wrexham
Nichols, William (Henry)	Collier		25	34 Farndon Street, Wrexham
Owens, Evan Henry  	 	Packer		54	22 (Cunliffe Walk), Garden Village, Wrexham
Palmer, Alexander* 	 	Haulage		20  	Kingstown, Maesydre*
Parry, I. S. (Isaac)  	 	Repairer	40	41 Western View, Western Road, (Lodge) Brymbo
Parry, Joseph	 		Repairer	65	41 Western View, Western Road, (Lodge) Brymbo
Parry, John E. 	 		Haulage		31	19 Pisgah Hill, Pentre Broughton
Parry, F. J. (John Richard.)	Haulage		21	37 Manley Road, Wrexham
Penny, Stephen  	 	Filler 		23	10 Stantsy View, New Rhosrobin
Penny, William  H.	 	Ambulanceman 	32	60 Council Houses, Bradley
Perrin, Frank C.  	 	Haulage		23	Kenrick Terrace, Old Rhosrobin (Finney Street, Rhosddu)
Peters, Henry  	 		Packer		38	114 Pentre Lane, Llay
Phillips, George	 	Haulage		22	75 Trevanna Way, Spring Lodge, Wrexham
Phillips, Herbert	 	Filler		30	16 Ffordd Maelor, Maesydre (27 Haig Road, Hightown)
Phillips, John	 		Filler		40	9 Gardd Estyn, Garden Village, Wrexham
Pickering, John Frederick 	Haulage		22	(Sycamore Terrace) Old Rhosrobin
Powell, Charles 	 	Railman		57	24 Dale Street, Wrexham
Price, (Prince) Ernest		Cutter-man	27	31 Moss Hill, Moss
Price, Samuel  	 		Cutter-man	37	Oakfield (Oldfield) Terrace, Gresford
Prydding, John	 		Haulage		32	19 Oxford Street, Wrexham
Prince, Mark  	 		Repairer	59	Manley Road, Wrexham
Prince, William	 		Repairer	30	23 Meadow Lea, Spring Lodge,								Wrexham
Pritchard, I. S. (Isiah)	Repairer	54	11 Woodland View, New Rhosrobin
Pugh, Ernest 	 		Doggie		49	5 Quarry Rd, Brynteg
Pugh, Thomas  	  		Collier		54	61 Vernon Street, Wrexham
Ralphs, John	 		Cutter-man	53	Market Street, Wrexham
Rance, Thomas R.	 	Haulage		21	11 High Street, Pentre, Broughton
Rees, Albert	 		Pipeman		56	3 Gatewen Road, New Broughton
Reid, Lloyd  	 		Haulage		20 	11 Bryn Gardden, Rhos
Roberts, Arthur A.  	 	Repairer	63	Wire Mill Cottage, Bradley
Roberts, Edward 	 	Collier		35  	Bryn Estyn Cottage, Rhosnessni
Roberts, Edward C.  		Collier		42	12 Council Houses, Gresford
Roberts, Ernest  	 	Filler		26	Little Penybryn, Abenbury
Roberts, Frank	 		Haulage		26	3 Bury Street, Wrexham
Roberts, George W.* 		Repairer Filler	28 	12 Glan Afon, Maesydre*
Roberts, Idris	 		Haulage		16	Pump House, Highfield, Stantsty
Roberts, John David 		Collier		47	14 Lorne Street, Rhosddu
Roberts, H. (John)  	 	Packer		33	2 Pattison’s Row, Coedpoeth
Roberts, Olwyn	 		Filler		24	32 Hill Street, Penycae
Roberts, Percy	 		Haulage		26	The Bungalow, Llydiart Fanny, Coedpoerth
Roberts, Robert John 	 	Filler		-	Market Street, Wrexham
Roberts, Robert Thomas 		Railman		57	Crispin Lane, Rhosddu
Roberts, Robert William 	Packer		38	5 Forge Row, Southsea
Roberts, Robert  	 	Repairer	33	6 Off Brook Street, Rhos
Roberts Thomas James  		Filler		19	Kendrick Place, Wrexham
Roberts, William  	 	Packer		45	41 Princess Street, Wrexham
Roberts, William H. (T.)	Collier		40	165 Pentre Lane, Llay
Robertson, William	       	Cutter-man	41	Spring Road, Rhossddu
Rogers, Edward Llew. 		Haulage		20	18 New Houses Avenue, Llay
Rogers, Grenville	 	Repairer	29	19 Wheatsheaf Lane, Gwersyllt
Ross, Harry 	 		Collier		34	43 5 Nelson Street, Wrexham
Rowland, John David		Haulage		17	Old Cross Foxes, Minera
Rowlands, John	 		Cutter-man	36	85 Holt Road, Wrexham
Salisbury, William 	 	Fireman		36	48 Victoria Road, Brynteg
Shaw, George	 		Collier		63	Ashwood, Wrexham Rd, Brynteg
Shone, James (John)	 	Packer		34	Gresford
Shone, Richard  	 	Doggie		49	High Street, Gresford
Slawson, Arthur  	 	Haulage		22	Crescent Road, Wrexham
Smith, Leonard	 		Haulage		20	25 Bennion’s Road, Huntroyde
Stratford, Stanley  	 	Packer		39	5 Ninth Avenue, Llay
Stevens, Richard T.	      	Haulage		22	27 Pisgah Hill, Pentre Broughton
Strange, Albert  	 	Collier		35	21 Nelson Street, Wrexham
Tarran, John  	 		Repairer	50 	59 77 Liverpool Road, Buckley
Taylor, William Henry 		Cutter		53	Church Street, Holt
Thomas, Berwyn	 		Haulage		26	2 Kent Road, Lodge, Brymbo
Thomas, John Elias  	 	Repairer	29	5 Queen’s Terrace, Gwersyllt
Thomas, Robert  	 	Haulage 	22	Pant Hill, Rhos
Thomas, Tec  	 		Collier		26	51 Council Houses, Pandy
Thornton, John	 		Repairer	24	6 Coronation Cottages, New Broughton
Tittle, Edward 	 		Repairer	44	Smith(y) Lane, Acton
Trow(e), Ernest 	 	Collier		41	13 Huntroyde Ave, Wrexham (Chapel Cottage, Gresford)
Valentine S. (Fred) A		Haulage		24	20 Glan Dwr, Acrefair
Vaughan John Edward		Repairer	28	15 Aldford Street, Wrexham
White John                    	Beltman		38	Chapel Cottages, Gresford
Williams, George	  	Collier		31   	3 Gardden Terrace, Summerhill
Williams, Harold	 	Collier       	37	2 Osborne Terrace, Claypit Lane, Gresford
Williams, Hugh (L. l.)  	Collier		43	Park Street, Rhosddu
Williams, John	 		Repairer	62	Cheetham's Lodging Houses, Wrexham
Williams, John Thos.  		Packer		33	12 Bryn y Ffynnon, Brymbo
Williams, J. T. (John D.) 	Repairer	29	3 (2) Vulcan Cottage, New Rd, Southsea
Williams, John 	 		Repairer	44	28 Dale Street, Wrexham
Williams, John 	 		Collier		29 	Southsea, hailed from Caergwrle
Williams, Joseph (James)	Collier		66	1 Council Houses, Brynteg
Name given in official list – but above named states that it should be his father, James – whilst E. of W. states John.
Williams, N (Morris)  		Electrician	24	Pentre Lane, Llay
Williams, Reg  	 		Electrician	29	Old Rhosrobin
Williams, Thomas	 	Repairer	57	Park View Stores, Bradley
Williams, William A. 	 	Cutter-man	29	2 Drosyffordd, Pentre Broughton (9 Gatewen Road, Pentre Broughton)
Wilson, John Walter  	 	Haulage		32	5 Victoria Terrace, Coedpoeth
Witter, Henry  	 		Repairer	56  	Nr Post Office, Gresford (The Mount, Gresford)
Wynne, Edward	 		Repairer	68	32 Bradley Road, Wrexham
Winyard, William Walter		Collier		-	-
Wynneyard			Repairer	47	New Inn, Cefnybedd
Yemm, Morgan (J.)	 	Repairer	28	39 Seventh Avenue, Llay

*	Indicates body recovered 8 – all others apart from rescuers were sealed in the pit.

List researched and compiled by Peter Chadwick, Wrexham.