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Tynewydd Colliery inundation rescued, photograph

W. & D. Downey

Photograph, mounted on photographers card, showing the four men and a boy who were rescued from the Tynewydd Mining Disaster. The rescued miners are (left to right) :- David Jenkins, George Jenkins, 15-year old David Hughes, Moses Powell and John Thomas. David Hughes' father and brother both drowned in the disaster.

Tynewydd Colliery inundation rescued, photograph
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

64.117/2

Creation/Production

W. & D. Downey
Date: 1877

Acquisition

Donation, 9/4/1964

Measurements

mount (mm): 158
mount (mm): 108

Techniques

sepia (monochrome photograph)
photograph

Material

paper
card

Location

In store

Categories

coal Mid Glamorgan 1870s

Classification

disaster rescue
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