CWMYNANTDDU. Pontypool, Glamorganshire. 16th. August, 1849.
Cwmynantddu Colliery was a new pit near Pontnewynydd and five men lost their lives in an explosion. All the men were married, most with families. The inquest was held but there was very little evidence to show how the accident happened and a verdict was returned to the effect that the men lost their lives in an explosion of firedamp but how or by what means the explosion took place was unknown.
REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p. 120
Mining Journal. Vol. xix, p.382.
The Cambrian.
Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
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