(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 ...

Crickhowell and Christ College, Brecon, return game marks 100 years since mining tragedy memorial match It was an otherwise unremarkable rugby match and scoreline – and yet it was played out against ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rock band Manic Street Preachers are backing next month's unveiling of Wales' national mining memorial and the commemoration marking the centenary of the Senghenydd mining disaster. The explosion at ...

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 ...