The object is an ink well formed from the hoof of a pit pony called Kruger who was killed in the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster 14th October 1913. The event was the worst mining accident in British ...

This watch was found on a body following the Senghenydd mine disaster on 14th October 1913 and was used to identify the deceased. The final death toll from the disaster reached 439 men.

Many readers will be aware of the tragic events that unfolded over ninety years ago when 266 men and boys lost their lives in the Gresford Colliery disaster.

Lesley Griffiths told the Senedd that Wrexham experienced one of its darkest days on September 22, 1934 when 261 men and boys ...

However, disaster struck on Saturday, September 28, 1844, at 3pm, when an explosion ripped through the colliery. All 95 men and boys underground in the Big Pit at the time were killed, as were all ...