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1913 Explosion - The UK's Greatest Mining Disaster | |
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Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Press picture of the 1913 explosion. 436 men and boys were killed here, this was the UK's greatest loss of life in a mining accident. A similar accident in 1901 had already killed 81 of the 82 men underground at the time. No lessons seemed to have been learn from the earlier disaster, a trait unfortunately common to a number of Welsh pits where ... |
| © Ian Jones | Photo ID: 152976 View Count: 139 |
Memorial to the 1901 and 1913 explosions | |
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Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK The memorial to the 1901 and 1913 explosions at the Universal Colliery. Universal Colliery was the scene of the UK's worst underground mining disaster when 436 men and boys were killed in an explosion in 1913. A previous explosion in 1901 had resulted in the death of 82 of the 83 men underground at the time and a number of the recommendations ... |
| © ian jones | Photo ID: 175458 View Count: 58 |
Memorial to the 1901 and 1913 explosions | |
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Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK The memorial to the 1901 and 1913 explosions at the Universal Colliery. Universal Colliery was the scene of the UK's worst underground mining disaster when 436 men and boys were killed in an explosion in 1913. A previous explosion in 1901 had resulted in the death of 82 of the 83 men underground at the time and a number of the recommendations ... |
| © ian jones | Photo ID: 175636 View Count: 63 |
mine tip Universal Colliery | |
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Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK An ever-optimistic David Lloyd unsuccessfully looking for millerite-containing ironstones on a wet 18 July 2008. A not untypical coaltip day! Universal Colliery was the scene of the UK's worst underground mining disaster when 436 men and boys were killed in an explosion in 1913. A previous explosion in 1901 had resulted in the death of 82 of ... |
| © ian jones | Photo ID: 175459 View Count: 90 |
Universal Colliery, c. 1912 | |
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Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Universal Colliery, Senghenydd in about 1912. |
| © Not Copyrighted | Photo ID: 129273 View Count: 76 |
view across tip | |
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Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Looking across the top of the tip at Universal Colliery. The plant was brought to the site in the early 2000s during an attempt to rework the tip for its fine coal. Considered worthless at the time, it is now in demand for coal-fired power stations. For whatever reason, the attempt was unsuccessful and the plant was abandoned! Universal ... |
| © ian jones | Photo ID: 175468 View Count: 75 |
Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr | |
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Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr, Caerphilly (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr probably during the 1950s. |
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