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In pictures: Senghenydd mining disaster
Wales
Monday 14 October 2013 at 11:00am
The explosion at Senghenydd in 1913 remains the UK's worst mining disaster
Credit: National Library of Wales
Rescue workers returning from the Universal Colliery
Credit: National Library of Wales
The explosion ripped through the mine at just after 8am on 14th October 1913
Credit: National Library of Wales
Families waited for news of their loved ones
Credit: National Library of Wales
Today a special memorial will be unveiled to mark the centenary of the disaster
Credit: National Library of Wales