Tynewydd Colliery disaster explained

Date:	11 April 1877
Time:	4pm
Place:	Porth, Wales
Cause:	Flooding from nearby colliery
Reported Death(S):	5

The Tynewydd Colliery disaster occurred on 11 April 1877, when water from a nearby closed colliery flooded the Newydd Colliery in Porth and 14 miners became trapped, of which five died. For his efforts in the rescue, Henry Naunton Davies received the first BMA Gold Medal.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The Tynewydd Colliery disaster . British Heritage . 24 May 2022 . en.
2. Roberts . Shirley . Henry Naunton Davies (1827–1899): A Devoted Family Doctor and a Brave Rescuer . Journal of Medical Biography . August 2003 . 11 . 3 . 163–166 . 10.1177/096777200301100311 . 12870041 . 41637382 . en . 0967-7720. subscription.
3. Book: Griffiths . Richard . The Entrepreneurial Society of the Rhondda Valleys, 1840-1920: Power and Influence in the Porth-Pontypridd Region . 2010 . University of Wales Press. Cardiff . 978-0-7083-2290-1 . 81 . en.
4. Jones . PA . The first BMA Gold Medal. . British Medical Journal . 24 December 1977 . 2 . 6103 . 1658–60 . 10.1136/bmj.2.6103.1658 . 338122 . 1633320 .
5. Book: Llewellyn . Ken . Disaster at Tynewydd . 1992 . Church in Wales Publications . Cardiff . 27768632 . English. Second.