Dear John
Many thanks for the link - and the suggestion of Eglwysilan as a possible resting place -
also Penyrheol cemetary which other kind listers have suggested as well.
I was researching in the Nat. Lib today, and was very moved by another diary there,
documenting the attempts of people trying find survivors- one described having to leave
the pit because their "warning" canary died in the still poisonous air.
and thanks again to Evelyn, Kay and Robert.
Best wishes
Jen
--- On Thu, 28/4/11, John Ball <john(a)jlb2011.co.uk> wrote:
From: John Ball <john(a)jlb2011.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [GLA] SENGHENYDD 1913
To: GLAMORGAN(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Thursday, 28 April, 2011, 9:44
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.
=============
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...
---------
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.
---------
Kind regards,
John
--------------
John Ball
Brecon, Mid Wales, UK
E-mail: john(a)jlb2011.co.uk
Website: http:/www.jlb2011.co.uk/
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