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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  12th March 1853
Colliery:  Risca
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle
Lives Lost:  10

 Bryant, Aaron
 Bryant, Joseph
 Darke, Samuel, aged 12
 Davies, Rees, aged 24
 Davies, Thomas
 Jenkins, Solomon, aged 19
 Moore, Moses, aged 12
 Phillips, George
 Purnell, George, aged 11
 Williams, John
 
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