Houille

22259 — Printed by 'William Thomas Argraffydd Caerfyrddin.' No date late Vicvtorian. The title is 'Hanes alarus am 26 o golliers a gollasant eu bywydau yn pwll glo Bedwellty gerllaw Tredegar Dydd Gwener Mehefin 16 1865.' This may be translated as 'The woeful tale of 26 colliers who lost their lives in the Bedwellty coal mine near Tredegar Friday 16 June 1865. 4pp 16mo 15.5 x 9 cm. Paginated 1-4. Bifolium. Printer's slug at foot of last page. Disbound. A frail survival: aged and worn. Beneath the title and covering the rest of the first page is a list of 25 of the deceased their ages and dependents headed 'ENWAU Y PERSONAU.' The first entry in the list is 'Thomas Meredith 50 oed priod ac un plentyn'; and the fourth 'Lewis Lewis 40 gweddw a phump o blant'. The poem in sixteen four-line stanzas covers pp.2-4 and is headed 'HANES ALARUS.' No copy in the National Library of Wales. The only copy of this item located either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC is at Swansea University where it is bound with other pamphlets by Carmarthen printers. Printed by 'William Thomas, Argraffydd, Caerfyrddin.' No date [late Vicvtorian]. unknown