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Milfraen Colliery, film negative

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Cornwell, John (Mr) (John Cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south Wales and the English Midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to photograph coal faces, roadways, shafts and equipment with amazing clarity. In addition to photographing working mines he also recorded abandoned mine workings, above and below ground. John Cornwell was also well respected in the broader field of industrial archaeology. He published a number of books on Welsh and English collieries. The copyright of his south Wales images are now owned by Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.)

Black and white film negative of a photograph showing bodies on stretchers being carried from the shaft following the Milfraen Colliery Disaster. On 10 July 1929 nine men lost their lives in a gas explosion in the Mapstone District of Milfraen Colliery. The subsequent enquiry concluded that inadequate ventilation led to a build up of gas which was ignited by sparks from a faulty coal cutting machine. 'Milfraen' is transcribed from original negative bag.