Show COLLIERY DISASTER IN WALES THE press dispatches contained a brief account of a terrible colliery explosion which took place in the llanerch Lla pits pita abersychan south wales on the ath dinst we are in receipt of copies of the south wales daay news published at cardiff which contains the particulars in detail of the great catastrophe we quote between six and seven yesterday morning 00 men constituting the full morning shift descended into the bowels of the earth to pursue their hazardous occupation hardly lad they settled down to the daily round the common task when a terrific explosion re sounded through the workings and shook terror into the hearts of brave men the explosion was of tremendous for e the machinery of the up cast shaft and other works at the pits mouth were ere destroyed almost entirely and dense volumes of suffocating smoke relieved ever and anon by flames of fire ascended the shaft the terrible news spread rapidly throughout the district 9 and of persons rushed to the pits mouth and eagerly offered their services in the dangerous dan berous work of exploring rescue parties were saon soon organized and succeeded in descending the shaft those who were on the bank breathlessly watched for the reappearance appearance re of the brave band of volunteers at last came the news from below that the dead were lying bout in scores and then commenced the mournful task of bringing them to the surface onetime at one time it was feared that none would be rescued alive but ha happily pila this gloomy anticipation was not gustl justified and in the course of the day between 70 and 80 tuen men were safely brought to bank many of them ali alas injured and suf suffering ferin still the actual loss of life is spang appalling in its magnitude AL A description of the pit workings etc is given followed by an account of the manner in which the explosion to is supposed Suppose tl to have taken place 0 it is stated that five men were engaged in one of the stalls driving a hard heading and that they suddenly came to a fissure from which gas rushed ina tremendous volume and that it ignited at the lamps which the men carried naked lights being used throughout the pit phe mine hal hai ha i within two years been overhauled thoroughly fitted up at great expense with new in machinery und and was considered to be well ventilated and entirely free from gas the presence of gas in it bad not been detected for years and tle tl e sudden rush into its workings of the explosive fluid cannot be satisfactorily facto rily accounted for upon any established theory there were between and meu men in the mine when the explosion occurred as nearly as can be ascertained of these theme were killed and many of the survivors were burned or otherwise injured the manifestations of grief and despair at the mouth of the pit as the bodies of the miners were brought to the surface were harrowing in the extreme the wives aud children of the men employed in the mine flocked to the pit as the news of the explosion spread and 0 there was one long succession of heartrending scenes during the labor of exploring the mine and bringing up its dead and living workers which lasted two days actual experience is necessary to enable a person to realize the horror of such a calamity ghere are many persons in utah who are acquainted with the neighborhood in which this great disaster occurred oc burred and no do doubt some of our readers had bad acquaintances and perhaps relatives among the victim the rhe south wales daily news in connection with the particulars ti tic ulars eulars of the explosion above recounted prints a list of disasters of a similar character which have occurred to in england and wales since 1845 the victims of which number from 5 to each |