Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	18th December 1876
Colliery:	Cwmtillery, Abertillery
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light
Lives Lost:	23

	Ashman, Thomas, aged 33, single
	Freeguard, Seth, aged 13
	Goodwin, William, aged 15, son of William
	Goodwin, William, aged 42, father of William
	Hunt, Thomas, aged 31
	Hyers, Henry, aged 18, single
	Jeffreys, William, aged 39
	Mason, William, aged 22, single
	Moore, Alfred, aged 41, married
	Morse, Thomas, aged 30
	Pike, Israel James, aged 55
	Pritchard, Samuel, aged 16, stepson of Stephen Stephens
	Purnell, Henry, aged 38
	Stephens, George, aged 40, married
	Stephens, Stephen, aged 44, stepfather of Samuel Pritchard
	Swain, Charles, aged 13
	Tyler, James, aged 13
	Wellington, Robert, aged 19
	18 of 23 names found
	Youngest: 13 years old ; Oldest: 55 ; Average: 29
	Injured
	Capel, George
	Capel, Silas
	Dacey, John
	Dando, John
	Flicker, William
	Griffiths, John
	Jones, John, aged 22, single
	Jones, John, aged 30, married
	Jones, Richard
	Lewis, William
	Llewellyn, John
	Miles, Thomas
	Morgan, James
	Samuel, Daniel
	Taylor, Charles
	Wakeley, George
	Wales, John Henry
	Walkley, William

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