Dear John Many thanks for the link - and the suggestion of Eglwysilan as a possible resting place - also Penyrheol cemetary which other kind listers have suggested as well. I was researching in the Nat. Lib today, and was very moved by another diary there, documenting the attempts of people trying find survivors- one described having to leave the pit because their "warning" canary died in the still poisonous air. and thanks again to Evelyn, Kay and Robert. Best wishes Jen --- On Thu, 28/4/11, John Ball <john@jlb2011.co.uk> wrote: > From: John Ball <john@jlb2011.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [GLA] SENGHENYDD 1913 > To: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, 28 April, 2011, 9:44 > 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/ > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful > links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help > Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html > and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >