Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. You’ve accepted all cookies. As numerous as this list (over 6,000) it still represents only a small proportion of Welsh miners killed at … But if the date of the Tynewdd disaster was imprinted in the minds of miners across Wales, there was no particular reason for the people of Hopkinstown to anticipate that tragedy would strike again exactly sixteen years to the day. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve government services. At the Great Western, the Hetty shaft was closed in 1926. All plans have been digitally scanned and are available to any interested parties.

Mining deaths have occurred wherever coal has been mined across the Lancashire Coalfield.The earliest deaths were recorded in parish registers.Ffrancis Taylior was buried at the Collegiate Church in Manchester after a fall in the "coale pitte" in 1622 and in 1661 or 1662, Thomas Hilton was "slain" at …

Straight away, the engine’s staging burnt out. On other occasions, massive blasts have ended the lives of dozens of breadwinners at the furthest ends of a tunnel, in seconds.
From early in the 19th century, the coalfield of southern Wales grew to be the richest in the UK.

The following is a list of mining accidents where there were Five or more fatalities. Mining brought prosperity to the Rhondda without doubt; but it brought darkness to the valley too: truly a valley of the shadow of death. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, Telephone from outside the UK (Monday to Thursday, 8:45am to 5pm, Friday, 8:45am to 4:30pm GMT), Coal mining data: abandoned mines catalogue, Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support, Transparency and freedom of information releases. The mine was expanded in 1890 with the sinking of the Tymawr shaft and the recruitment of several hundred more men, many of whom were really boys. Ghosts of past mining disaster still haunt the Welsh valleys, The Aberfan disaster is just one facet of the Welsh coal tragedy, Even I agree with Corbyn that we should renationalise the railways, Zeebrugge ferry disaster, 30 years on – a litany of deadly failings, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. This group, dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of mining in the Peak District National Park and much of the surrounding countryside (portions of Derbyshire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire), offers online 1896 lists of mine from across England, Scotland and Wales.

Women and Coal Mining; Mining Texts; Photo Gallery. The fifth hero was an intelligent district fireman called Thomas Rosser, aged only 23, who realised at an early stage in proceedings that smoke and noxious fumes endangered the lives of the 72 men who were working on the Four-foot seam. The Four-foot seam was enlarged, as were the Five-foot and Nine-foot seams.