Abercarn - Wikipedia
Abercarn is a town and community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales. It is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Abercarn colliery disaster - Wikipedia
The Abercarn colliery disaster was a catastrophic explosion within the Prince of Wales Colliery in the Welsh village of Abercarn (then in the county of Monmouthshire), on 11 September 1878, killing 268 men and boys (though an exact number of casualties remains unknown).
Abercarn Colliery - Welsh coal mines
The Abercarn and Gwythen Collieries are situated in the narrow and picturesque valley of the Ebbw, at a point distant a few miles from the “outcrop” of the “seams” on the south- eastern border of the great Welsh coal-field. They are the property of Sir Benjamin Hall, who owns an extensive tract, comprising farm, wood, and mountain lands ...
The True Story of the Aberfan Disaster - Smithsonian Magazine
2019年11月15日 · The True Story of the Aberfan Disaster. The 1966 Welsh mining tragedy claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults and features heavily in the third season of Netflix’s “The Crown” Helpers fill...
Prince of Wales Colliery Explosion – Abercarne – 1878
Abercarne, Monmouthshire. 11th. September, 1878. The colliery was about 12 miles from Newport in Monmouthshire and the property of the Ebbw Vale Company one of the largest coal and iron proprietors in South Wales. It was situated about a few hundred yards from the Abercarne Station in the Western Valley Section of the Monmouthshire Railway and ...
Further memories of Evacuation to Abercarn, Wales
2005年12月30日 · Abercarn, Wales. Background to story: Civilian. Article ID: A8139774. Contributed on: 30 December 2005. The village of Abercarn. Abercarn is set in a valley, a sort of ‘T’...
How the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster Became Elizabeth II’s ... - HISTORY
On October 21, 1966, nearly 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste had slid down a rain-saturated manmade mountainside in in Aberfan, Wales. It went on to kill 144 people, most of them children...
Abercarn Colliery - Northern Mine Research Society
The first explosion at Abercarn Colliery was on the 2nd of August 1872 and resulted in one death, it appears to have happened in a seam called the No.3 (Rhondda?) and not the Black Vein. The second explosion at this colliery was during the sinking of the Cwmcarn Pit and three men were killed, there appears to have been a release of methane gas ...
Abercarn Map - Village - Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, UK - Mapcarta
Abercarn is a town and community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales. It is 10 miles northwest of Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge , within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire .
Where is Abercarn? Abercarn on a map - GetTheData
Abercarn is located in the county of Gwent, Wales, one mile south-east of the town of Newbridge, seven miles north-west of the major city of Newport, 12 miles north of Cardiff, and 130 miles west of London. Abercarn lies six miles north-east of the South Glamorgan border, and was historically in the county of Monmouthshire.