Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Pit Disaster at Senghenydd (postcard)

Full title - Pit Disaster at Senghenydd. "Heroes All". A rescue party leaving the Pit after an all night search.

Postcard showing rescue party leaving the pit. Benton card number '7'. Address and message (telling brother about explosion and number of dead) handwritten on reverse and dated 15 November 1915. Postmarked Treharris 15 November 1915.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

80.143I

Creation/Production

Benton, W.
Date: 1913

Acquisition

Donation, 30/9/1980

Measurements

Length (mm): 88
Width (mm): 139

Material

card

Location

In store

Classification

disaster rescue
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.