Abercarn colliery disaster

時期

1878年9月11日

種類

鉱山事故

座標

51.65° N, 3.13° W

Description

11 September 1878 diaster at the Prince of Wales coal mine, Wales

Deaths

268

Explosion in the Prince of Wales Colliery

The Abercarn colliery disaster was a catastrophic explosion within the Prince of Wales Colliery in the Welsh village of Abercarn, on 11 September 1878, killing 268 men and boys. The cause was assumed to have been the ignition of firedamp by a safety lamp. The disaster is the third worst for loss of life to occur within the South Wales Coalfield.

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