what well known disasters have happened in wales?

Question

could you please tell me a disater that has happened in wales at any ponit in history can u please tell me what hapened e

Answer 1

I am the son, grandson, great grandson, great-great-grandson of Welsh miners.

on the morning of 14th October 1913 an explosion ripped through the heart of the mine. 436 miners were killed in the blast. Of the 436 who died, only 72 bodies were recovered.
No mining community has ever suffered such a loss. On that day 205 women were made widows and 542 children were left fatherless

People should never forget.

A Welsh-American

"Unwaith Eto Yng Nghymru Annwyl"
"Once Again in Dear Wales"






Welsh Mining Disasters

Albion. Cilfynydd 23rd. June, 1894 290
Aberfan. Merthyr Tydfil 21st. October, 1966 144
Ferndale. Rhondda 8th. November, 1867 178
Gresford. Wrexham 22nd. September, 1934 266 Llanerch (Cwmnantddu) 6th. February, 1890 176
National. Wattstown 11th. July, 1905 119
Naval. Penygraig 10th.December, 1880 101
Park Slip. Tondu 26th. August, 1892 110
Prince Of Wales. Abercarn 11th. September, 1878 268
Risca. Black Vein Pit 1st. December, 1860 146
Risca. New Mine 15th. July, 1880 120
Universal. Senghenydd 14th. October, 1913 439

Answer 2

The one that immediately comes to mind is the Aberfan disaster of 1966. A mine tip - where waste material from coal mining was piled - slipped and engulfed a school. !44 were killed - of which 116 were children. - see http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/home.htm

Answer 3

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Answer 4

AUGUST 12th

On this day in history in 1198, took place The Battle of Painscastle.
In the 12th century, King John found himself at odds with his barons. In England the barons had risen against him and forced him to sign the Magna Carta. In Wales, the nobility were rebelling in the hope of setting up a Welsh Prince to depose him. The king was determined to resist them. In 1195, he sent his placeman William de Braos to capture the strategic Painscastle in the centre of Wales, hoping to crush all rebellion from within Wales. William de Braos took the castle but, in 1198 Gwenwynwyn ab Owain of Powys raised a large army to besiege it.

On 12th August 1198, Lord William took his men from the safety of the castle and fought a pitched battle against the blockading army. Not only did he defeat them, but he followed up by chasing and killing enemy soldiers who fled after the battle. He took no prisoners but slaughtered over 3,000 men, in the bloodiest massacre in Welsh history. The River Bachawy ran red with blood from the slaughter.

Lord William earned the fear and loathing of the Welsh people because of his cruelty and became known as the ‘Ogre of Abergavenny’. In 1208, he fell out with king after suggesting, truthfully, that John had murdered his own nephew, Prince Arthur, and was forced to flee the kingdom. Lord William's wife, Maud, and his son were imprisoned in Corfe Castle, and put in a cell with only a piece of raw bacon and a sheaf of wheat to sustain them. When the cell door was opened after 11 days, mother and son were found dead. It appeared that the boy had died first and, that in the anguish of starvation, Maud had eaten the flesh of her son. Lord William’s other son, William the Younger, succeeded his father as Lord of Brycheiniog, but in 1230, was caught in the bedchamber of Lord Llywelyn Gwynedd, with Llywelyn's wife, daughter of the king of England. Llywelyn had William publicly hanged in the marshland of Aber Garth Celyn, the spot remembered as Gwern y Grog, 'The Hanging Marsh'.

Answer 5

http://www.rapo.com/icrgallery/Aberfan.htm
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/desc.htm
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/home2.htm

Next time, do your own homework. All that I've given you is links, but you still have to read them.

BTW if you are Welsh, you should be ashamed of yourself for not knowing your own country's history.