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Coal mining accident, Tynewydd Colliery, South Wales, April 1877 (c1885). Artist: William Heysham Overend
Coal mining accident, Tynewydd Colliery, South Wales, April 1877 (c1885). Volunteers digging through an obstruction to rescue colleagues trapped in flooded workings in the Tynewydd Colliery in the Rhondda Valley. They are working by the light of Davy safety lamps. 9 trapped miners were saved, 5 of them after being underground for 9 days, in a difficult and dangerous rescue operation. The drama enthralled the nation, and 25 of the rescuers were awarded the Albert Medal for their efforts, the first time it had been awarded for a rescue operation on land. From Heroes of Britain by Edwin Hodder. (London c1885).
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19th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
BRAVERY
Britain
British
Coal
Coal Industry
COAL MINE
Coal mining
colliery
concept
country
Danger
DANGEROUS
Davy lamp
Digging
Disaster
Engraving
Fuel
HERO
Heroism
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Industry
Lamp
lighting
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Overend
Oxford Science Archive
People
Print Collector1
Rescue
rescue party
Rhondda Valley
TGN
Tunneling
Tynewydd Colliery
Underground
Victorian
WALES
Welsh
William Heysham
William Heysham Overend