Jennifer Cairns <jenmathias(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thomas Saunders aged 21, living in Abertridwr, previously lived in the
"Huts" Senghenydd..
Can anyone tell me.. where were the victims of the 1913 disaster buried. Was
there a general burial area, or were the men and boys buried in the burial
ground of their family chapel/church - and where were the unidentified
miners buried? Thomas had Baptist connections, but I don't actually know
where the family worshipped at that time.
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Dear Jen,
I remember some years ago seeing lots of graves of the tragic victims of the
Universal Colliery disaster at Penyrheol Cemetery on the B4263, about one
mile southeast of Abertridwr (grid reference ST141881).
I quote from the
HistoryNet.com website's account:
http://www.historynet.com/the-senghenydd-explosion-in-the-valley-of-the-s...
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There was no money in the Aber Valley, and no burial ground in its shallow
soil. Coffins were hand carried by their comrades more than four miles up
the mountain above Abertridwr to the churchyard of Eglwysilan. Six surviving
miners bore each body, while six filed behind in relief. The graveyard could
not contain them all, and another ground was opened in Penyrheol on the
outskirts of Caerphilly. They lie in both cemeteries, row on row.
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Kind regards,
John
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John Ball
Brecon, Mid Wales, UK
E-mail: john(a)jlb2011.co.uk
Website: http:/www.jlb2011.co.uk/