What happened in Senghenydd?
What happened in Senghenydd? The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd), 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. When did Senghenydd mine close? 1928 The mine owners, culpable as they were, eventually paid out something like one shilling in compensation for every man or boy dead. The great war came soon after, with greater horrors, the mine closed in 1928, and today few people outside the valley, and...