Dear Listers Thomas Saunders aged 21, living in Abertridwr, previously lived in the "Huts" Senghenydd.. Can anyone tell me.. where were the victims of the 1913 disaster buried. Was there a general burial area, or were the men and boys buried in the burial ground of their family chapel/church - and where were the unidentified miners buried? Thomas had Baptist connections, but I don't actually know where the family worshipped at that time. Does anything remain of "the huts" ? Many thanks Jen

Jennifer Cairns <jenmathias@gmail.com> wrote: Thomas Saunders aged 21, living in Abertridwr, previously lived in the "Huts" Senghenydd.. Can anyone tell me.. where were the victims of the 1913 disaster buried. Was there a general burial area, or were the men and boys buried in the burial ground of their family chapel/church - and where were the unidentified miners buried? Thomas had Baptist connections, but I don't actually know where the family worshipped at that time. ============= Dear Jen, I remember some years ago seeing lots of graves of the tragic victims of the Universal Colliery disaster at Penyrheol Cemetery on the B4263, about one mile southeast of Abertridwr (grid reference ST141881). I quote from the HistoryNet.com website's account: http://www.historynet.com/the-senghenydd-explosion-in-the-valley-of-the-shadow.htm/2 --------- There was no money in the Aber Valley, and no burial ground in its shallow soil. Coffins were hand carried by their comrades more than four miles up the mountain above Abertridwr to the churchyard of Eglwysilan. Six surviving miners bore each body, while six filed behind in relief. The graveyard could not contain them all, and another ground was opened in Penyrheol on the outskirts of Caerphilly. They lie in both cemeteries, row on row. --------- Kind regards, John -------------- John Ball Brecon, Mid Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk Website: http:/www.jlb2011.co.uk/

http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/deathrolls/SenghenyddDead1913.htm Saunders Thomas.....age 21.....28 Upper Francis St Abertridwr. Robert Alun Chick (Penarth) -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Cairns <jenmathias@gmail.com> To: GLAMORGAN <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 4:39 Subject: [GLA] SENGHENYDD 1913 Dear Listers Thomas Saunders aged 21, living in Abertridwr, previously lived in the "Huts" Senghenydd..