Senghenydd Colliery Disaster

Quand

14 oct. 1913

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

51.61° N, 3.28° W

Description

Mining explosion in 1913

Deaths

439

1913 mining explosion in Wales

The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion, occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The explosion, which killed 439 coal miners and a rescuer, is the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom. Universal Colliery, on the South Wales Coalfield, extracted steam coal, which was much in demand.

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