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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  23rd December 1885
Colliery:  Mardy
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light
Lives Lost:  81

 Baber, Joseph, aged 17, 61 Mardy Road
 Bevan, John, aged 25, 28 Hill Street
 Boozey, Arthur, aged 21, 5 Oxford Street
 Bowen, David, aged 18, 21 Cemetery Road
 Collins, John, aged 40, 109 Mardy Road
 Davies, Evan, aged 19, 8 Hill Street
 Davies, Evan, aged 28, 6 Rowley Terrace
 Davies, Isaac, aged 33, 4 Morgan Place
 Davies, John, aged 17, 113 Mardy Road
 Davies, Lewis, aged 32, 41 Mardy Road
 Davies, Richard, 28 Ceridon Street
 Davies, Thomas, aged 13, 1 Thomas Street
 Davies, Thomas, aged 49, 1 Thomas Street
 Davies, William, aged 25, 35 Ferndale Road
 Edwards, Edward, aged 16, 42 Oxford Street
 Edwards, Edward, aged 52, 42 Oxford Street
 Edwards, John, aged 13, 22 Thomas Street
 Evans, David, aged 16, Mardy Road
 Evans, John, aged 45, 32 North Road
 Evans, John, aged 55, 2 Rowley Terrace
 Evans, John, aged 25, 6 Rowley Terrace
 Evans, Richard, aged 24, 82 Mardy Street
 Evans, Thomas, aged 26, 21 Pentre Road
 Evans, Thomas, aged 26, 17 Pentre Road
 Griffiths, Robert, aged 34, 7 Hill Street
 Griffiths, William, aged 16, 69 Oxford Street
 Harries, William, aged 29, 43 Mardy Road
 Heard, John, aged 22, 28 Pentre Road
 Hughes, Ephraim, aged 20, 50 Mardy Road
 Hughes, Thomas, aged 33, 5 Ceridwen Street
 Hutchings, Phillip, aged 35, 90 Mardy Road
 Isaac, Harry, aged 25, 101 Mardy Road
 James, Evan, aged 21, 18 Pentre Road
 Jenkins, Thomas, aged 25, 52 Mardy Road
 Jones, David, aged 55, 35 Pentre Road
 Jones, David, aged 20, 56 Mardy Road
 Jones, David, aged 25, 23 Thomas Street
 Jones, David, aged 27, 5 Oxford Street
 Jones, David, aged 59, 1 Pentre Road
 Jones, Isaac, aged 20, 12 Thomas Street
 Jones, John, aged 42, 11 Hill Street
 Jones, JohnD., aged 51, 74 Mardy Road
 Jones, Joseph, aged 40, 82 Mardy Road
 Jones, William, aged 12, 11 Hill Street
 Jones, William, aged 16, 21 Thomas Street
 Leeks, David, aged 35, 40 Pentre Road
 Lewis, David, aged 40, 53 Mardy Road
 Lewis, John, aged 19, 2 David Street, Ferndale
 Lewis, Richard, aged 46, 6 North Terrace
 Morgan, Comer, aged 21, 100 Mardy Road
 Morgan, Edmund, aged 27, 52 Pentre Street
 Morgan, John, aged 17, 19 Hill Street
 Parry, James, aged 29, 107 Mardy Road
 Phillips, Benjamin, aged 40, 2 Pit Row, Ferndale
 Phillips, David, aged 50, 11 Thomas Street
 Phillips, Meshach, aged 32, 75 Oxford Street
 Phillips, Thomas, aged 25, 11 Thomas Street
 Powell, John, aged 23, 7 Rowley Terrace
 Powell, Owen, aged 29, 20 Llewellyn Street
 Pugh, Evan, aged 17, 32 Oxford Street
 Pullin, Henry, aged 23, 25 Mardy Road
 Rees, Gomer, Mardy Huts
 Richards, Phillip, aged 46, 83 Mardy Road
 Roberts, Evan, aged 28, 23 North Terrace
 Rowls, David, aged 27, 19 Oxford Street
 Scourfield, Griffith, aged 19, 35 Mardy Road
 Spiller, Joseph, aged 22, 120 Mardy Road
 Stokes, Michael, aged 17, 1 Mardy Huts
 Sutton, James, aged 28, 13 Pentre Road
 Thomas, David, aged 19, 4 Mardy Huts
 Thomas, Edward, aged 23, 24 Pentre Road
 Thomas, James, aged 24, 108 Mardy Road
 Thomas, Thomas, aged 24, 29 Pentre Road
 Thomas, William, aged 19, 33 Pentre Street
 Tudor, Owen, aged 32, 2 Rowley Terrace
 Watkins, Morgan, aged 14, 6 Oxford Street
 Watkins, Thomas, aged 17, 6 Oxford Street
 Williams, Daniel, 33 North Road
 Williams, John, aged 25, 52 Pentre Road
 Williams, Levi, aged 60, 89 Mardy Road
 Williams, William, aged 33, 13 North Terrace
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 12 years old ; Oldest: 60 ; Average: 28

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