Risca colliery disasters
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risca-colliery-disasters-309-15288146
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Risca colliery disasters
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The Risca colliery disasters were a series of catastrophic mine explosions near the Welsh town of Risca in the nineteenth century. The most serious of these were in 1860 when more than 140 died in the Black Vein colliery and in 1880 when 120 died at the New Risca colliery. Although these were not amongst the most serious mine disasters in the Welsh coalfield, they were some of earliest large-scale pit disasters in the nineteenth century and along with the Abercarn colliery disaster of 1878 repre
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Series of mine explosions in Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risca_colliery_disasters
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2023-07-24T00:16:41Z
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