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John Robert Davies
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 14th Oct 1913 |
| Accident: | 14th Oct 1913 8.10 a.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1891 |
| Colliery: | Universal Colliery, Senghenydd |
| Company: | Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd. |
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| Notes: | address: 145 Commercial Street, Senghenydd ; killed in the 1913 explosion (firedamp, ignition caused by sparking from electric signalling apparatus or from falling rocks) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Explosions of fire damp or coal dust :: Miscellaneous |
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.
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Memorial: 1913 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 18 Oct 1913 | Extinguished, The Fire-Fighters Succeed, Explorers Working Under Terrible Conditions (Cambria Daily Leader) |
| 14 Jan 1914 | The Welsh Mine Disaster, Another Theory As To The Cause Of The Explosion (Newcastle Journal) |
| 19 Feb 1915 | Senghenydd Echoes (The Cambrian) |
| 26 Feb 1927 | News and Notes (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 22 Aug 1931 | Senghenydd Relief Fund (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 27 Oct 1934 | Sengrenydd 21st Anniversary (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 11 Feb 1938 | Notes from the Coal Fields, South Wales and Monmouthshire (The Colliery Guardian) |
| 12 Feb 1938 | Senghenydd Trust Fund (The Science and Art of Mining) |
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 29, Accident Number: 5 Where to find this report
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