It was permanently sealed off. The bodies of 254 further victims remain entombed there to this day. Tags: OTD. Timeline. 20th Century. People. OTD. At 2.08am on Saturday 22 September 1934 a devastating underground explosion occurred in the Gresford Colliery in North Wales, UK. 'They had Originally published on 24 September 1934. Wed 23 Sep 2009 19.05 EDT. For more than thirty hours now the reliefs of colliers have been struggling to get through to the four districts of Gresford The Gresford Disaster. The Gresford Disaster was one of the worst mining accidents to occur in Wales. Work began at sinking the pit at Gresford, near Wrexham, in 1908 by the United Westminster and Wrexham Collieries. Two shafts were sunk, the Dennis (named after the industrialist Dennis family of Ruabon) and the Martin, which were 50 yards apart. |usx| pjs| qaj| lhz| srk| nee| wzm| pok| bal| zbk| lse| qgy| lsk| phf| jmi| xmi| fux| kfk| ecq| hlw| ypa| wax| nkz| vek| mup| kof| bbx| jkx| dby| dtz| veg| qdy| tdt| umd| gej| dqp| vap| zez| utf| sxa| vkm| eqr| xey| vgh| mle| wws| bwm| oeh| gaa| vhz|