Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. An inquiry opened on 25 October 1934, which highlighted management failures, lack of safety measures, bad working practices and poor ventilation in the pit. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 13:43 GMT, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 14:43 UK Gresford Disaster: Death Roll. This entry was posted on September 9, 2014 at 12:58 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. The Gresford Colliery disaster occurred during the early hours of Saturday morning, 22 September 1934. In 1937 legal proceedings were started in Wrexham against the Pit Manager, the Under-Manager and the United and Westminster Collieries Limited, the owners of the mine. Further explosions occurred later, during one of which the seal on the shaft blew, and surface worker George Brown became the final victim of the disaster, killed by flying debris; one of only 12 bodies recovered after the disaster. On September 22, 1934 at 2.08am a violent explosion shook the Dennis section of the mine, over a mile from the bottom of the shaft, and a fire took hold. At the time 500 men were working underground. On September 22 1934 at 2:08 a.m. a violent explosion shook the Dennis section of the mine, over a mile from the bottom of the shaft to the surface, and fire quickly took hold. List researched and compiled by Peter Chadwick, Wrexham. * Indicates body recovered all others apart from rescuers were sealed in the pit. Special memorial for Gresford mining disaster victims unveiled, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. The Colliery reopened six months after the disaster with coal production resuming in January 1936. The Dennis section of the mine was never reopened and the bodies of 254 victims were sealed inside the mine. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. In their statements they mention seeing the body of William Hughes whose body was tragically not recovered from the pit. Our. A special ceremony was held at the Llay Miners ' Heritage Centre on Thursday evening attended by families of the victims. You can unsubscribe at any time. 800 children lost their fathers and more then 200 women lost their partners on that fateful day. ( Log Out /  The news of the disaster at Gresford broke too late for the national press to do much about it on Saturday 22 September beyond rushing out single-page news-sheets for limited circulation in London, and most people in other parts of the country probably first learned about the accident from local evening papers or from wireless bulletins. Change ). ( Log Out /  Records of the Gresford Colliery Disaster Relief Fund are held within the Glyndwr MSS at Denbighshire Archives. Within a few hours of the first explosion, large crowds of miners and relatives had gathered in silence at the pit head waiting for news. List researched and compiled by Peter Chadwick, Wrexham. Yew Tree Cottage, Little Mountain, Summerhill, 3 Hill Crescent Crest, Spring Lodge, Wrexham, Vernon Street, Wrexham (Jackson's Houses, New Rhosrobin), 53 (153) Council Houses, Glanllyn Gwersyllt, 22 (Cunliffe Walk), Garden Village, Wrexham, 41 Western View, Western Road, (Lodge) Brymbo, Kenrick Terrace, Old Rhosrobin (Finney Street, Rhosddu), 16 Ffordd Maelor, Maesydre (27 Haig Road, Hightown), 13 Huntroyde Ave, Wrexham (Chapel Cottage, Gresford), 2 Osborne Terrace, Claypit Lane, Gresford, 2 Drosyffordd, Pentre Broughton (9 Gatewen Road, Pentre Broughton), Nr Post Office, Gresford (The Mount, Gresford). Legacy of First World War soldier lives on. Further information relating to our holidings can be found on our website. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. A MEMORIAL marking a disaster in which 266 miners died has been unveiled. Denbighshire. Hi there! Mining at Gresford in the Slant District continued until 23 October 1973, but the pit was closed officially on economic grounds on 10 November 1973. In 1934, 2200 miners were employed at the colliery, 1850 working underground and 350 on the surface. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. It remains one of Britain’s worst coal mining disasters, where an unprecedented explosion killed 266 men. By this time it was certain that all of the miners were dead and conditions in the pit were so dangerous that it was decided to cap both shafts to seal off the fire. The names of the 266 men who died in the mining disaster in Wrexham on 22 September 1934. The court found the mine’s management guilty only of inadequate record-keeping. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Relief funds were set up by the Mayor of Wrexham, the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and the Lord Mayor of London, raising a total of over £500,000 for the dependents of the victims. The Gresford Window is a stained glass mural depicting colliery scenes with the names of the miners. There are 61 gresford disaster-related words in total, with the top 5 most semantically related being wrexham, firedamp, dynamite, gresford colliery and unemployment.You can get the definition(s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. ( Log Out /  Gresford Colliery, 22nd of September 1934. Gresford Colliery finally closed on economic grounds in November 1973 and the site was developed as an industrial estate. It remains one of Britain’s worst coal mining disasters, where an unprecedented explosion killed 266 men. The Gresford Window is a stained glass mural depicting colliery scenes with the names of the miners. The dedication was led by Canon David Griffiths with a blessing from Canon Pauline Walker. A separate memorial at Gresford, which includes pithead winding gear, also carries the names of all those who died. The Gresford Colliery was owned by the United Westminster Wrexham Collieries, Limited and was at the village of Gresford about two and half miles to the north of Wrexham. All of these inquests record the cause of death as ‘Carbon Monoxide poisoning as a result of an explosion but there is not sufficient evidence to show what caused the explosion’. It replicates the Gresford Disaster Mural in Gresford church. Wrexham. Ted Andrew Cyril Challinor ... Samuels Jack Samuels The Gresford Disaster. Others fought the fire until the evening of following day but made little progress. Below is a list of gresford disaster words - that is, words related to gresford disaster. The Gresford Colliery continued to be worked, but not the Dennis Section. On September 22 1934 at 2:08 a.m. a violent explosion… A Coroner’s Inquest for each of the deceased can be found at Denbighshire Archives, within the East Denbighshire Coroner’s records. GRESFORD. We currently have a small inhouse exhibition relating to the disaster, you are welcome to visit the office to view the exhibition during our normal opening hours. Only six men managed to escape from the Dennis section: Ted Andrew, Cyril Challinor, Thomas Fisher, David Jones, Albert Samuels and John Samuels. ... Names . 22nd. The mine had two shafts … explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. The Gresford Colliery disaster occurred during the early hours of Saturday morning, 22 September 1934. List of businesses that must close in Welsh 'fire-break' and those who can keep trading, Fans of garden centres will be disappointed but car repair garages can stay open, Hiker claims to have seen a wild puma while walking up Snowdon, “I just froze. A detailed written account of both John and Albert Samuels’ ordeals are held at Denbighshire Archives, in the East Denbighshire Coroner’s records. In 1934, 2200 miners were employed at the colliery, 1850 working underground and 350 on the surface. Further explosions occurred in which one of the seals on the shaft blew out and a surface worker was killed by the flying debris. It replicates the Gresford Disaster Mural in Gresford church. Blog at WordPress.com. Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail. 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