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Offline tenby tart

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risca iron foundry disaster sorry got it wrong
« on: Saturday 25 February 06 19:20 GMT (UK) »
does anyone know where i can find out any info on this my husbands grandfather was killed in the disaster both his parents have passed away so i cant ask them i think it must have been in the 1930s. after speaking to my husbands brother this weekend he seems to think it was only him killed then and it wasnt a disaster just a terrible accident he was cushed underground but not sure how.
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Re: risca iron foundry disaster
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 26 February 06 10:51 GMT (UK) »
Have a look at this site they have  GENEALOGY & FAMILY LINKS to Risca
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http://www.any-village.co.uk/main.asp?SiteID=AVUK&SpecID=Risca#Heritage

http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk/pontymister.htm

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Re: risca iron foundry disaster
« Reply #2 on: Monday 06 March 06 22:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi there,
I have found this site useful for information on disasters in collieries in the Risca/Cross Keys area.
Helen

http://www.crosskeys.me.uk/history/index.htm
Monmouthshire: Price, Williams, Jones, Roberts
Montgomery: Haycock, Humphreys
Herefordshire: Tunley, Meredith, Monnington
Pembrokeshire: Roberts
Lancashire:Unger, Riley, Dawn, Roberts, Flockhart, Abraham
Somerset: Dawn, Rogers
Worcestershire: Price, Saint

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