Cited from London Evening Standard

Transcription

THE RISCA COLLIERY EXPLOSION. (BY TELEGRAPH.) NEWPORT (MON.), SUNDAY. At six o'clock yesterday morning, when the shift whose time expired at that hour came to the surface, they brought the satisfactory report that the upcast shaft had been reached, and that the ventilation was clear from the downcast to the upcast along the main deep as far as the No. 1 cross-cut. During the night four more bodies were discovered in the rubbish. They were sent to the surface, and identified as those of William Carne, John Fry, and William Hughes, ostlers, and Joseph Hemmings, labourer. They were placed in coffins and borne to their respective homes for interment. Scarcely had the last coffin been despatched when two more bodies, believed to be those of Thomas Chessy, labourer, and a boy named Woodford, were discovered. Up to this time twelve horses had been sent to the surface; like the men, they were scorched and their hair singed or burnt off. When the last-named human bodies were taken to the shed for identification they were identified as those of Charles Meade and John Ivor Howell. The former was coffined, but later on the coffin was unscrewed again, and the remains were identified, this time appa- rently beyond question, as those of Thomas Cheesey. Mrs. Cheesey recognised the wristbands and shirt buttons of the deceased. The boy was recognised by his father, an overman in the same employ.

Other Information #

Two events have been derived from this evidence.

• Joseph Ximenes★ died on 15 Jul, 1880 at North Risca Colliery, Mynyddyslwyn
• Joseph Ximenes★ Occupation recorded as labourer on 15 Jul, 1880

Full Citation

London Evening Standard; No 17471, 19 Jul 1880, Page 3, Col 2, The Risca Colliery Explosion, Joseph Hemmings.

Source

London Evening Standard available at:

• The British Newspaper Archive
• Findmypast