Death Roll
Lletty Shenkin Colliery, Cwmbach, Aberdare
Friday 10th of August 1849 (between 3.00 and 4.00 p.m.)
This list has been compiled from articles in the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian and the Cambrian newspapers of August 1849. However as one of the reporters stated at the time - "the list is nearly correct but in the confusion that prevailed some errors may have crept in".
Name Age Status
Abraham, Thomas 24 Single David, Morgan John 40 Married with 2 Surviving Children David, (son of Morgan John David) 19 Single Davies, David 36 Married Davies, (son of David Davies) 13 Single Davies, (another son of David) 15 Single Davies, Ebenezer 14 Single Davies, John 28 Married with 1 Child Davies, William T. 50 Widower with 2 Children Edwards, Ebenezer 12 Single Edwards, Evan 32 Married with 4 Surviving Children Edwards, John (son of Evan) ? ? Evans, Thomas 51 ? Griffiths, William 60 Married with 2 Surviving Children Griffiths, (son of William Griffiths) 15 Single (David?) Griffiths, (another son of William) 22 ? (Thomas?) Howell, David 34 Married with 3 Young Children Jenkins, Isaac 13 Single Jenkins, Rees 23 ? John, Benjamin 27 ? John, David 22 Single John, John 32 Married with 2 Children Jones, John 22 Married with 1 Child Jones, John 25 Married with 2 Children Jones, William 27 ? Jones, William 35 ? Llewellyn, Edward 53 Married with 5 Children Llewellyn, Jenkin 40 Married with 3 Children Marks, William 33 Married Morgan, John 53 Married with No Surviving Children Morgan, (son of John Morgan) 17 Single (Daniel?) Morgan, (another son of John) 26 ? (David?) Morris, John 26 Married with 1 Child Phillips, Nathaniel 25 Single Phillips, Thomas 23 Married with 1 Child Rees, Llewellyn 11 Single Rees, Stephen 30 ? Roland, William 11 Single Sims, Benjamin 10 Single Smith, Thomas 12 Single Thomas, Ebenezer 32 Married with 4 Children Thomas, Evan 23 Married Thomas, John 39 Married with 5 Children Thomas, Thomas 25 ? Thomas, Thomas 66 Married with 1 Child Thomas, William 11 Single Williams, William 46 Married with 3 Surviving Children Williams, Morgan (son of William) 13 Single Williams, Llewellyn (son of William) 19 ? Williams, William 54 Married with No Surviving Children Williams, John (son of William) 15 Single Williams, Esa (son of William) 21 ?
Background Notes:
* The date of the accident was the ninth wedding anniversary of David Howell.
* As well as being the landlord of the Duffryn Arms, Edward Llewellyn was also the
Great Grandfather of Desmond Llewellyn who played the part of Q in the James Bond films.
* A Cholera epidemic was sweeping the Aberdare/Dowlais/Merthyr area at the time
of the accident and killed over 1300 people.