(MENAFN- The Conversation) Miners working at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, south Wales, were in the middle of their morning shifts 2000ft below the ground when a massive explosion ripped ...

It remains the worst mining disaster in British history. At around 8am on 14 October 1913 a methane explosion ripped through Universal colliery in Senghenydd in the Aber valley near Caerphilly, south ...

About £12m raised following one of the worst mining disasters in British history is unaccounted for, with villagers trying to track it down. In 1913, an explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer at ...

A long-buried sliver of British history saw hundreds of men killed in what was described as the country's "greatest disaster ever known" - something that devastated an entire community. Here, ...

We do not know his name, any more than we know the name of the first man to fall in the killing fields of the Somme. He is the Unknown Soldier of that war against nature waged in Wales since the first ...

Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies reports from the Welsh village of Senghenydd – the scene of Britain’s worst ever mining disaster, when 439 workers lost their lives 100 years ago.

A MUM has spoken of her heartrending emotional journey learning about a teenage relative who died in Wales’ worst mining disaster. A MUM has spoken of her heartrending emotional journey learning about ...

Hundreds have turned out in the streets of the Caerphilly county village where an explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer at the Universal Colliery on 14 October, 1913. A national memorial has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Miners working at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, south Wales, were in the middle of their morning shifts 2000ft below the ...

About £12m raised following one of the worst mining disasters in British history is unaccounted for, with villagers trying to track it down. In 1913, an explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer at ...