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  • This engraving was made by R. Roffe from an oil painting by A. R. Burt. The painting was commissioned by the owners of the Pentre Fron colliery, Minera, Denbighshire, to mark the extraordinary story of John Evans. In September 1819, a group of eleven men became trapped underground at the pit following a sudden inrush of water. Two of the men were rescued and another six managed to escape, but two were drowned and the remaining man, John Evans, was given up for lost. After thirteen days the water was pumped out and searchers went underground to look for his body. A coffin and shroud had been especially made and were ready on the surface. When the searchers arrived at the high ground near the spot where they thought the body might lie they were startled to hear a voice calling them. It was John Evans, feeble but by no means dead. He had kept himself alive for twelve days and nights by eating candles. He insisted on taking the coffin home and kept it in the house as a cupboard for many years.
Engraving of John Evans by R. Roffe from an oil painting by A. R. Burt
  • This is an appeal for public subscriptions following the Argoed colliery accident of 10 May 1837. Twenty-one men were killed in the accident, and the victims included the father and two of the brothers of Daniel Owen, the Mold-born novelist.
Appeal for subscriptions following the Argoed colliery disaster, Mold, 1837 [image 1 of 2]
Song about the Mostyn Colliery Disaster, 1884 [image 1 of 4]
  • This ballad by Abel Jones 'Bardd Crwst' (1829-1901), tells the story of the colliery disaster at Cwmcarn, Monmouthshire, on 10 September 1878. 258 men lost their lives and it is noted that 135 were married men, 68 were single, and 55 were boys. As a result, 131 women were widowed while 363 children lost their fathers.
Welsh ballad re. the disaster at the Abercarn Colliery, 10 September 1878, page 1
  • This ballad, written in Welsh and English, tells the story of the mining disaster which occurred at the Universal pit, Senghennydd, on Friday, 24 May 1901. It is recorded that 78 people lost their lives, although it is believed that the total number killed was 82. Twelve years later, the community of Senghennydd would be struck by disaster once again. On 14 October 1913, an explosion at the pit killed 439 men and boys.
Ballads in Welsh and English re. the colliery disaster at Senghennydd, 24 May 1901, page 1
  • This programme was produced to mark the special performance by Edward Ebley's Olympic Theatre at Aberafan in aid of the victims and families of the mining accident at Tondu.
Programme: 'Ebleys Olympic Theatre ... for the benefit of widows and orphans of the Tondu disaster', 1905 [front cover, image 1 of 2]