They Flooded the Mine With the Men Still Inside… (Victorian Disaster Documentary)

On a September afternoon in eighteen seventy-eight, a mine fire deep beneath the Welsh village of Abercarn could not be reached or put out from below. To smother the flames, engineers turned a canal into the shaft and flooded the pit. More than two hundred and sixty men and boys never came up, and most remain underground to this day. This film traces the valley that coal built, the gassy seam everyone knew was dangerous, the ignition at midday, the impossible rescue, and the trust fund that supported the bereaved for fifty years. Stay to the end for what the disaster left behind. Subscribe for more of Britain's forgotten disasters, and tell us in the comments where in the world you are watching from. This video is made to inform and to honour those affected, told plainly and without graphic detail. #VictorianBritain #BritishHistory #Abercarn #MiningHistory #WelshHistory