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The Common Room / Re: Coal Mine Accident = Machen, Monmouthshire
« on: Sunday 21 September 08 20:45 BST (UK) »
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AprilBetty. He was employed at the Risca Blackvein colliery, which was just in Machen parish as it was on the west side of the Ebbw River. The colliery had just reopened after the 1861 explosion which killed about 140 men and boys. John Russell gave up his interests in the colliery company, which had been bankrupted by the explosion and damages awarded to Sir Charles Morgan for trespass. Rhodes took over the pit. Hammond may have been living in the colliery houses near the old pit - locally called the Rookery and inhabited until about 1950. Large parts of the 1861 census records for that part of Lower Machen are missing. Risca Industrial History Museum may be able to help you - visit their website at riscamuseum.org.uk.
Cell. As chairman of the Bedwas and Trethomas Local History Group I would like a copy of your photo of the miners injured in the 1952 explosion. I have a copy of the official report. We are working on our local history book volume 2. Contact locally or via above.
AprilBetty. He was employed at the Risca Blackvein colliery, which was just in Machen parish as it was on the west side of the Ebbw River. The colliery had just reopened after the 1861 explosion which killed about 140 men and boys. John Russell gave up his interests in the colliery company, which had been bankrupted by the explosion and damages awarded to Sir Charles Morgan for trespass. Rhodes took over the pit. Hammond may have been living in the colliery houses near the old pit - locally called the Rookery and inhabited until about 1950. Large parts of the 1861 census records for that part of Lower Machen are missing. Risca Industrial History Museum may be able to help you - visit their website at riscamuseum.org.uk.
Cell. As chairman of the Bedwas and Trethomas Local History Group I would like a copy of your photo of the miners injured in the 1952 explosion. I have a copy of the official report. We are working on our local history book volume 2. Contact locally or via above.