Senghenydd
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Senghenydd is a former mining village in the community of Aber Valley in South Wales, approximately four miles northwest of the town of Caerphilly. Historically within the county of Glamorgan, it is n
The Grade II listed war memorial
Miners' Rows, Senghenydd
Senghenydd colliery disaster
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The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion, occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The explosion, which
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…shafts, resulting in a restricted rescue attempt, and 81 of the 82 men working in the mine were killed. On 14 October 1913, Senghenydd suffered the worst mining disaster in Britain's history, when a second gas explosion occurred at the Universal Colliery, resulting in the loss of 439 lives, and the death of one rescuer. Many of the surviving…
Crowds await news at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd.
Sir William Lewis in 1891
Le Petit Journal illustration of the Courrières mine disaster
A rescue team leaving the pit