Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cymmar Colliery disaster memorial pamphlet 1856

Full title - Lines on the Dreadful Accident Which took place at Cymmar Colliery, Rhondda Valley, Near Pontypridd, On Tuesday, July 15, 1856, When A Dreadful Explosion Of Fire Damp took place, and 114 Lives Were: Lost! Printed in black on eight sides of single folded sheet of paper. Printed in Welsh and English.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2006.127/1

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Date: 15/07/1856
Place: Cymmer Colliery

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Printer
Place: Merthyr Tydfil
Period: 1856

Acquisition

donation, 6/11/2006

Measurements

Length (mm): 175
Width (mm): 115

Material

Paper

Categories

Coal Mid Glamorgan 1850s

Classification

disaster
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