Senghenydd colliery disaster
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senghenydd-colliery-disaster-224-3616990
title:
Senghenydd colliery disaster
text:
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 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. Some of the region's coal seams contained high quantities of firedamp, a highly explosive gas consisting of methane a
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encyclopedia
description:
Mining explosion in 1913
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senghenydd_colliery_disaster
date created:
2006-01-31T20:52:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:16:01Z
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