‘Miners’ lives at 5½p each’: The Government Enquiry into the 1913 Senghenydd mine disaster
A young mother and baby wait for news
A young mother and baby wait for news
A young mother and baby wait for news
This watch was found on a body following the Senghenydd mine disaster on 14th October 1913 and was used to identify the deceased. The final death toll from the disaster reached 440 men. Some of the bodies were never recovered. It was the worst mining disaster in the history of the British coalfields.
Bodies of the victims being recovered from the mine
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