BARWICKS - Wootton Courtenay

[rarebit]

Hi John
I found this poem about the disaster ,you may know it ,but I'll write it in case .
It Happened on the Friday 26th August 1892 about 8.20 am ,it was a methane gas explosion
Tears wash down the stone face
Rain upon cold grey
A reminder of that tragedy
That struck that fateful day

Standing in the circle
With tears in their eyes
Are bosses of a company
That tall a thousand lies

Stone on stone piled upwards
each for one a life
Dust filled air ,a huge explosion
today who counts the cost

The price of coal is high
worth far more than men
are we now to see a tragedy
unfolding once again

Pollution -unseen killer
Poisons all our lives
Who will build a pyramid
that reaches to the sky

speak soon.....Marion

[LWoolls]

Hi

The Elizabeth Barwick (1877) that John refers to who lived in Fountain Cottages was my great great grandmother.   She married Morgan Thomas (1874).  Morgan Thomas had two brothers who also died in the Parc Slip explosion - a very sad day for all but with at least 4 in the family dead, i'd say it was a harrowing time for the Thomas/Barwick family.

I was actually born in the Fountain Inn (the pub next to Fountain Cottages) and my mum still lives in Aberkenfig.  There was a Mrs Barwick at the bottom of her street but she passed away some years back, however she is survived by a daughter and I know they are relatives.

Please let me know if I can help anyone further. 

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Larissa