Llansamlet Colliery Explosion – Swansea – 1788

LLANSAMLET. Swansea, Glamorganshire, 14th. March, 1788.

An explosion caused by naked lights resulted in the deaths of 13 from the effects of afterdamp.

Those who died were:

• Jones sen.
• Jones Jnr.
• Jones, father of the other two.
• William Johns.
• A Morris.
• Trevethan.
• Phillips.
• Phillips.
• Eastman.
• Morgan.
• William Roberts.
• William Owen.
• Ellis.

REFERENCES
Y Cymrodwr (The Welshmen).

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.