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FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

RHONDDA VALLEY, Saturday Evening.

The telegram which appeared in The Sun of this
day has prepared the public for the details of one of
the most disastrous colliery explosions ever recorded.
It was stated that 300 persons were in the colliery
when the accident occurred, but it has since been
ascertained that the number was greater. At two
p.m. on Friday afternoon there were from 360 to
400 men underground, the exact number up to the
hour of writing not being known. Of those who
went down on Friday morning, some 62 have been
brought up alive, but all hope of rescuing the others
has been abandoned. The Ferndale Colliery, the
scene of the accident, is situated near Rhondda
Facb, in the Rhondda Valley, seven miles from
Pontypridd and 21 miles from Cardiff, and is worked
by Messrs. David Davis and Sons, extensive colliery
proprietors in the Aberdare Valley.
For some days in the end of last week the weather
was foggy. So dense was the mist yest2rday morn-
ing morning that nothing could be distinguished
half a dozen yards off, and in the neighbourhood of
the colliery, which is situated at the bottom of a valley,
between two ranges of lofty hills, the fog was parti-
cularly thick. No doubt this state of the air inter-
fered with the ventilation of the pit and caused an
accumulation of fire-damp. The explosion occurred
at half-past 1 o'clock, and such was its terrific force
that the concussion shook the whole raine. The report
was heard throughout the valley. Flames almost burst
up the shaft of the pit, with a cloud of ashes and
stones: It was evident at once to those above that a
frightful accident had occurred, and steps were in-
stantly taken to descend the pit as soon as the state
of the air rendered it safe. Messengers were sent
down the valley to the neighbouring pits, and over
the mountains to Aberdare and Merthyr, and from
all parts of the district workmen rushed to the scene
of the disaster. The manager of the colliery, Mr.
J. Williams, was down in the workings at the time
of the explosion, and efforts were first made to find
him, if possible, so that, if alive, his assistance might
be had in directing operations for the rescue of the
men. He was among the first found, but, unhappily
quite dead, having been suffocated with the choke
damp. Exploring parties were rapidly formed and
sent into all the workings, but the air was very foul,
and they had to proceed cautiously for fear of an-
other explosion, the pit having been so shaken that
large quantities of gas had escaped. They were also
met by heavy falls in the airways, and in many
instances the men had to be dug out with pick.and
shovel. The process was excessively slow, and it
was found that almost all had been suffocated by
the carbonic acid gas before the men could descend
the shaft to their assistance. 13y 7 o'clock in the
evening only three persons had been rescued and
about twenty bodies recovered. Of the three
hitchers employed at the bottom, two bad been
blown violently into the sump and killed by bruises,
the third miraculously
escaped with slight injury.
Relays of workmen were continually sent down,
but the obstacles were more formidable than they
anticipated, and the delay which took place—
sometimes several hours elapsing before any body
could be got at—was productive of the most intense
and painful anxiety in the people who crowded
round the pit waiting the arrival to the bank of
their hapless relatives. The work of recovery went
on without intermission during the whole -night,
'many of the volunteers remaining at work until
they could scarcely stand with fatigue. The bodies
were generally recovered in batches of 12 or 15 at a
time, as the falls were removed, and then there was
the prolonged interval of heartrending suspense.
By 4 o'clock this morning four or five persons had
been received above, almost all so frightfully injured
that there is little hope of their recovery. Fifty-
' three dead bodies had been recovered. Seven valu-
able horses were also found dead in the drift, and
brought out. At this point the work of recovery
was brought to a stand, for the force of the explo-
sion was such that the walls and roofs of the pit had
been loosened, and enormous quantities of rubbish
kept falling in all parts of the mine, choking up the
air ways, and absolutely cutting off all the commu-
nications. Tramload after tramload of rubbish and
masses of rock that had to be broken up with quarry-
ing tools had to be removed, and this added to the
delay.
a
e wholeufforfytuh is ay was spent in clear-
ing
level,
behind which it is
believed there are sotne 25 workmen. It is not
thought that one of them can be alive, as the air
current is completely cut off, and in the face of the
working the atmosphere is so foul and dangerous
that the working pal tie,s have to grope their way
in utter darkness. Mr. Curnew, the manager of
the Plymouth Collieries, Merthyr, and who was
formerly manager of this very pit, went down about
11 o'clock to-day, with Mr. H. Lewis, of Merthyr,
and remained with a working party in the foul air
until 6 o'clock. He then thought that in the course
of 12 hours the obstruction would be removed suf-
ficiently to get at the bodies. Mr. Curnew has de-
tarmined not to leave the pit until the Duffryn
level has been cleared, and on Sunday morning his
party will be relieved by a party under Mr. Morgan
Joseph, who will be succeeded, if it becomes neces-
sary, by Mr. Jones, until the men are got out.
Operations will then be commenced for the removal
of the men in the other parts of the pit, all of whom,
it is feared, are dead. In the Duffryn district at
the time we write communication has been esta-
blished with two horses which were found alive, and

water was supplied to them through a whole. It is
hoped that these animals will be saved. The dis-
tance between Curnew's party and the workings
beyond the fall was calculated at 7 o'clock to be
about 20 yards, and to drive through it would take
ti'l to-morrow morning. Messages frequently came
to bank that the air was excNdingly oppressive.
The crowd at the bank—two or three thousand in
number—who bad pressed up close to the
pit's mouth were then sent back by the police,
and barzica.les put up so as to have an open
space about the shaft. A stream of water was
also sent down the shaft, and about an hour after
this had been done the report was received that the
air was greatly improved. Mr. Wales, her Ma-
jesty's Inspector of Mines for South IVales, arrived
about three o'clock in the afternoon, and went dowin
the pit. He was also down nearly the whole of the
day, and the pit.has been visited by many viewers
of the collieries in the adjoining valleys. The levels
appear to have been injured beyond that of any
other pit in the district which has been subjected to
a similar calamity, so that, in addition to the awful
and overwhelming sacrifice of human life, the pro-
prietors will suffer a heavy loss in property.
This afternoon the Coroner for the county of
Glamorgan, Mr. Overton, empanelled a jury, and
inspected the bodies of the dead. A visit to the
desolate homes where they lay disclosed cases of the
most distressing character, whole families having
been swept off. In one house a father and three
sons lay stretched in death as though they were
calmly sleeping, and the fourth sou lay dead a few
doors off, leaving a young widow in an agony of
grief. In another falnily of six that went out well
and hearty in the morning only one had been
brought back alive, and he will be a cripple for life
should he survive his injuries. In some houses the
poverty of the occupants was so great that they were
destitute of the means of laying out the bodies,
and conseqnently the corpses in all their ghastly dis-
figurement lay on the stone floor covered with sacks.
In one house two lads injured lay on the floor as
they were brought from the pit, the inmates fearing
to touch them lest they should kill them too soon.
In most of the houses the distress and sorrow were
intensified by the fact that others were to come to
swell the list of victims. In all cases certificates of
burial were given and the funeral expenses, we be-
lieve, will be borne by the firm in whose service the
unfortunate fellows have died. Orders were given
by Mr. Davis for an unlimited supply of every-
thing requisite for the injured from the shops in the
place, but sad to relate this generosity will not be
largely drawn upon, for of all the 170 souls who
were down the fatal pit at the outside it is feared
only two can survive their injuries.
As to the cause of the accident it would not only
be premature, but rash, to venture an opinion, as
until the fall in the main drift is cleared away and
the whole of the workings open to inspection it will
be impossible to obtain any data upon which to
found a rational opinion. There is no evidence as
yet to show where the gas exploded.
The colliery, which has not long been in
existence, has been rapidly extended, and it is sunk
to the celebrated four-foot seam of Merthyr steam
coal, about 300 yards below the surface. In ordi-
nary work the colliery employs about 300 hands, '
nearly equally divided between the day and night
shifts, and the most of them reside in the
village, which is within a short distance of
the pit. It has a population of about 800,
and has sprung up so rapidly that many of the
houses are still of wood. It may also be observed,
because it will explain how it has happened, that
the details of an event which took place on Friday
last have not been given to the public soaner, that
the Ferndale Colliery is five miles and a half by
road from the nearest station, Porth, on the
Rhondda branch of the Taff Yale ; end persons
starting froth Merthyr or Cardiff at 8 a.m. cannot
get to the colliery until after 11 o'clock. From
Aberdare the distance is scarcely less, and the route
over wild hills is one of the most rugged and trying
that pedestrians can encounter in this country.
Sunday.
_ _

This morning all hope of safety for those still
below has been abandoned, as the managers of other
collieries who were down in the pit the greater part
of the night, on reaching the surface declared it to
be an utter impossibility for any one of the un-
fortunate workers to be still alive. It is believed that
the explosion took place in a heading where some 70
colliers were at work, the place becoming filled up,
the only means of exit was cut off, and the remainder
who were in the pit have been suffocated by the
after damp. Relatives and friends are naturally
loth to accept the prevailing belief, and they still
cling to the hope of many being rescued, and
they still linger about the pit. One poor woman
was at the pit's mouth with an infant in her arms
during the whole of Friday night, anxiously but
vainly watching for her husband, who worked below,
and it was not until yesterday morning that she
consented to be led away. Mr. Williams' death
was evidently caused by suffocation, as he was not
at all burnt, and his features were as placid and
as composed as if he were asleep. His body was
found with that of nine others, all of whom
have been recognised by sorrowing relatives.
In another lot there was en aged man and his
four grown up sons, all brought up in rapid suc-
cession, and all lifeless. The coal trade in this
district has been in a depressed state for some time
past, and several colliers from sonic of the small col-
lieries in the neighbourhood of Forth have been
working at Ferndale, and numbers of those who
visited the pit yesterday and to-day have had to
walk several miles to obtain tidings, if possible, of
relatives. An old and experienced manager who was
in the pit during the whole of Friday night, says,
although it has been his lot to witness the effects of
many explosions, he never during the whole of his
career beheld such a sight as which he witnessed
belolV. He is also of opinion that unless very great
care is taken other explosions will follow. Many of
the bodies that have been brought to the surface are
frightfully burnt, the clothing completely destroyed,
and in some cases portions of the body have been
literally burnt away, the charred remains present-
ing a sickening and frightful spectacle. At the
time of the explosion 35 horses were working in the
pit, and every one of them has been killed. Some
of them had portions of their harness still on,
but every vestige of hair was burnt off. It is
difficult to conjecture what has been the cause of
the accident, but it is feared that long immunity
from accidents in the Rhondda Valley have made
the colliers reckless of their safety. Some of the
lamps have been found open, but some believe that
this may have been caused by the force of the ex-
plosion, but those who are well acquainted with the
construction of the safety lamp declaro that to be
an impossibility. In the colliery is a new stable, in
which it is said that four carpenters were working
with naked lights. This is believed to have been
the cause of the accident, as a large quantity of gas
is said to be constantly in the pit. There are nume-
rous rumours afloat as to the cause of the accident,
but nothing reliable has yet been ascertained.
The following is a list of the dead at present
known :—John Williams, manager, aged 50 ; Ben-
jamin Morris, 29 ; Thomas Thomas, 48, and four
sons—John Thomas, 16, Lewis, 13, Thomas, 29,
and Richard, 22 ; William Wills, 13 ; David
Davies, 25 ; Thomas Vaughan, 23 ; Thomas Lewis,
19 ; John Harris, 26 ; John Owens, 25 ; Thomas
Williams, 35 ; John Jenkins, 48 ; Phillip Saunders,
20 ; William Waters, 13 ; Evan James, 14 ; John
Jenkins, 65 ; John Lewis, 28 ; Henry Hughes, 30 ;
Morgan Jones, 36 ; Evan Meredith, 28 ; Benjamin
Morris, 49, and four sons—Ebenezer Morris, 27,
John, 23, Daniel, 21, and David, 17 ; Morgan
Griffiths, 44, and son Morgan, 15 ; David Lewis,
34 ; John Williams, 25 ; Miles Hughes, 13 ; Robert
W. Roberts, 13 ; W. Williams, 29 ; W. Williams,
13 ; John Davies, 36, and son James, 13 ; W.
Griffiths, 23; Edward Williams, 14 Edward AlO4,

plum- 4d.
STAMPED Sd.

ley, 27; John Richards, 15 ; David Thomas, '22 ;
David Evans, 17 ; Richard Burke, 24; Daniel
Burke, 22 ; David Jones, 14; Thomas Thomas, 21;
W. Williams, 33; Williams, 17; and W. Human,
26. It will be seen that ino.t of the victims are
young incn.