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The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd), occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The explosion, which killed 439 miners and a rescuer, is the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom.
Damage was sustained to both shafts, resulting in a restricted rescue attempt, and 81 of the 82 men working in the mine were killed. [ 2 ] On the 14 October 1913 Senghenydd suffered the worst mining disaster and the single worst industrial accident in Britain's history, when a second gas explosion occurred, resulting in the loss of 439 lives.
The Welsh National and Universal Mining Disaster Memorial Garden at Senghenydd, Caerphilly, commemorates the 439 men killed in the Senghenydd colliery disaster of 1913, the worst mining accident in British history; the 81 lives lost in an earlier pit explosion at Senghenydd in 1901; and acts as a national memorial to all of the dead of the 152 mining disasters that have occurred in Wales.
Episode Title Event Year S1.E1: Living on the Edge: The 1903 Frank Slide, 1914 Hillcrest mine disaster: 2000 S1.E2: Black Week: Senghenydd mine collapse, Liverpool train collision, [1] Loss of the SS Volturno and Johannisthal air disaster – During the week of 9–17 October 1913, otherwise known as Black Week, three major disasters occurred when hundreds of miners lost their lives, two ...
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