	Ffynnon Dwyn Colliery	Index	Ffynnon Dwyn Colliery

Ffynnon Dwyn Colliery

also known as Gweni's Level

Location:	Clydach Vale 9½ miles [15 km] SSW of Merthyr Tydfil
Map Ref:	(Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS977932, 51° 37' 41" N, 3° 28' 40" W
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Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

11th

Mar

1910

Mine water and slurry downhill, 6 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Brimble, Haydn, 11 Mar 1910, aged 3w, An abandoned mountainside level burst its stopping and poured downhill, 800,000 gallons of mine-water and an unknown tonnage of mine slurry, impacting on dwellings, shops and a school [More information ...]
						Davies, Blodwen, 11 Mar 1910, aged 9, An abandoned mountainside level burst its stopping and poured downhill, 800,000 gallons of mine-water and an unknown tonnage of mine slurry, impacting on dwellings, shops and a school [More information ...]
						Howells, Enid, 11 Mar 1910, aged 6, An abandoned mountainside level burst its stopping and poured downhill, 800,000 gallons of mine-water and an unknown tonnage of mine slurry, impacting on dwellings, shops and a school [More information ...]
						Rees, Gertrude, 11 Mar 1910, aged 5, An abandoned mountainside level burst its stopping and poured downhill, 800,000 gallons of mine-water and an unknown tonnage of mine slurry, impacting on dwellings, shops and a school [More information ...]
						Williams, Elizabeth, 11 Mar 1910, aged 34, An abandoned mountainside level burst its stopping and poured downhill, 800,000 gallons of mine-water and an unknown tonnage of mine slurry, impacting on dwellings, shops and a school ; Mother of Myfanwy [More information ...]
						Williams, Myfanwy, 11 Mar 1910, aged 10w, An abandoned mountainside level burst its stopping and poured downhill, 800,000 gallons of mine-water and an unknown tonnage of mine slurry, impacting on dwellings, shops and a school ; Daughter of Elizabeth [More information ...]

						6 names found

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