Flooding of Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, Wales, 11 April 1877. Five survivors being cared for after their 10 days trapped underground, one of them being united with his family. From "Heroes of Britain" by Edwin Hodder (London, c1880). Engraving. Mining. Coal. Accident. Disaster.

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