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.

A collection of images relating the Six Bells Colliery mining disaster of 28 June 1960. What are these? Search term: BBC © 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the ...

Emergency services raced to Appin West Colliery, in Douglas Park, Australia at about 3am on Sunday, April 6 following reports of an explosion. Two men were taken to Wollongong Hospital and the ...

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 ...

Lesley Griffiths told the Senedd that Wrexham experienced one of its darkest days on September 22, 1934 when 261 men and boys lost their lives at Gresford Colliery ... a devastating explosion ripped ...