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Oakwood Colliery (Pontrhydyfen)

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in Neath Port Talbot

This mine consisted of numerous slants and pits. The first was abandoned in 1851 and the last when the mine closed in 1927. On the 18th November an explosion occurred when three miners were killed and two others were injured. Luckily it occurred at the end of the night shift when only 40 men of the normal compliment were underground. Death Roll Father and son James and Handel Davies A third, unknown, fatality.[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ [1] Timeline of Mining Accidents in South Wales/Avon valley
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