Senghenydd Disaster: Mine inspector's notebook A young mother and baby wait for news The final death toll from the Senghenydd mine disaster on 14 October 1913 was 439 men. Some of the bodies were never recovered. It was the worst mining disaster in the history of the British coalfields. Below you can view pages from the notebooks made by the Inspector of Mines immediately following the explosion as he walked around the devistated workings. Senghenydd Mine Disaster: Inspector of Mines notebooks Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 3/4] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Notes made by the Inspector of Mines as he travelled around the devastated underground workings following the Senghenydd mine explosion on 14th October 1913 that killed 439 men. Courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England [Notebook 1/2] Related Features Article The Letter in the Lamp: The South Wales Coal-Miners’ Hunger March 15 July 2016 Comments - (1) Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience. Lloyd 2 February 2017, 14:48 The caption "A little mother waiting for news" and "A young mother and baby wait for news" is incorrect. The young girl is holding her sister, thier mother is closer to the pit waiting for news of her husband.
