Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Photograph (print)

unknown (Photographer)

Photograph of the Dorey family in about 1910. Mathew Henry Dorey (to the right) was killed in the Universal Colliery explosion in Senghenydd in 1913. He was a 21 year old collier’s assistant and lived in 1 Windsor Place, Senghenydd.

A rare image of a Senghenydd victim.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2019.34

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Date: 14/10/1913
Place: Universal Colliery

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1910 (circa)

Acquisition

donation, 15/5/2019

Measurements

Length (mm): 90
Width (mm): 139

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper

Categories

Coal Mid Glamorgan 1910s

Classification

disaster
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