NANTYGLO. Nantyglo, Monmouthshire. December, 1847.
The colliery was the property of Messrs. Bailey and eleven men were gassed and eight lost their lives. Among the dead were John Parkes and his two sons were killed. At the inquest, it was heard that John Parkes and a party were careless in taking a candle into the workings but it was said that of the manager Mr. Whiteman had paid better attention, the men would not have done this. Whiteman was from Newcastle-on-Tyne and there was a body of opinion that “one of their own” should be the manager of the mine.
REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p.117.
Mining Journal. Vol. xii, p. 586, and xviii, p.7.
Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
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