• Albion Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales Valleys, located in the village of Cilfynydd, one mile north of Pontypridd. The Colliery was located along...
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    Wales colliery in Abercarn exploded in 1878 causing 268 deaths. The Llanerch Colliery in Abersychan exploded in 1890 causing 176 deaths. The Albion Colliery...
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    next two decades. Sinking of Albion Colliery began in August 1884 on the site of Ynyscaedudwg Farm. It was owned by the Albion Steam Coal Company and opened...
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  • Brewery, also known as Albion Ale And Porter Brewing Company, a former beer brewery in San Francisco, active 1870 to 1919 Albion Colliery, a former coal mine...
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    several collieries within the Pontypridd area itself, including: Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd Bodwenarth Colliery, Pontsionnorton Daren Ddu Colliery, Graigwen...
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  • March 2016. "Albion Colliery". BBC Wales. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2010. "Albion Colliery Cilfynydd"....
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    Abercynon Colliery Abernant Colliery Aberpergwm (anthracite coal, drift mine, active in 2014 with 64 employees [1] (closed) Albion Colliery in Cilfynydd...
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  • disaster Saarland, West Germany 290 23 June 1894 Fire and explosion Albion Colliery, Wales 289 11 September 2012 Karachi factory fire Karachi, Pakistan...
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  • Senghenydd Colliery Disaster at Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, Glamorgan, in a gas explosion in 1913. 290 deaths at the Albion Colliery in Cilfynydd...
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    Hardie hit the headlines in 1894, when after an explosion at the Albion colliery in Cilfynydd near Pontypridd which killed 251 miners, he asked that...
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    and Cynon valleys including the sinking of several nearby collieries (e.g. the Albion Colliery at Cilfynydd) and the need to house the rapidly expanding...
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  • Lord Rosebery, the Prime Minister. 23 June – a firedamp explosion at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, Glamorgan, kills 290 coal miners and 123 horses underground...
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  • connection from Pont Shon Norton, immediately north of Pontypridd, to Albion Colliery on the east side of the River Taff was opened, and in 1900 this line...
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  • Boys Grammar School before working underground as a collier for the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd. During the early 1930s he played rugby for Cilfynydd RFC...
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    to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) track gauge. This was followed by the Albion Colliery tramway in 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) and the Montreal and Lachine Railroad...
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    The Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, when an explosion and underground fire killed 261 men. Gresford...
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    1885 to carry a branch of the Taff Vale Railway over the river to Albion Colliery at Cilfynydd. Just to the south is White or Berw Bridge, designed by...
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    fire, and third worst fire-related disaster in UK history, behind the Albion Colliery Disaster and the 1212 Great Fire of London. The dead included at least...
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    Tutbury Hawthorn Whitwick Colliery v Derby Corinthians Burton Albion v Derby County Derby County v Moira United Burton Albion v Newhall United Stapenhill...
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  • Edwards resign the Liberal whip. 23 June – A firedamp explosion at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, Glamorgan, results in the death of 290 coal miners and...
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    Reservoirs. Retrieved 9 March 2019. Beacham, Rhiannon (2 September 2016). "Albion Colliery: The forgotten mining disaster". BBC News. Retrieved 21 March 2019...
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    collieries required to be connected on the east side of the Taff, in particular Albion Colliery (productive from 1887) and Cardiff Dowlais Colliery (productive...
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    The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd), occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd...
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  • Albion Stakeford Albion Stockton Sunderland Reserves Sunderland Rovers Throckley Welfare Usworth Colliery Walker Celtic Wallsend Washington Colliery West...
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  • first time 1894 in Wales - 290 men killed in a mining disaster at Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd 1893 in Wales - Wales win the Triple Crown for the first...
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  • number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results Albion Sports Barton Town Beverley Town Bottesford Town Campion Eccleshill United...
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  • in Leicestershire, England. They played at the Welfare Ground. Ibstock Albion were formed in the 19th century and joined the Leicestershire Senior League...
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  • with five new clubs. Promoted from Division Two: Blyth Town Easington Colliery Newcastle Blue Star Resigned from the 2023–24 Northern Premier League:...
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  • Newton Aycliffe North Ferriby Ossett United Pontefract Sheffield Sherwood Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2024...
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  • local grocer's shop, then at the age of 14 he went down the pit at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, where one of Britain's worst mining disasters had occurred...
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