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This watch was found on a body following the Senghenydd mine disaster on 14th October 1913 and was used to identify the deceased. The final death toll from the disaster reached 439 men.
No-one could be blamed for the underground explosion which killed 57 miners at Sneyd Colliery in North Staffordshire's last major pit disaster. But that was small consolation for the families of ...