1913 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 14 June - Three years after leaving Cardiff on her fateful voyage to the Antarctic, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ship Terra Nova returns to the port, commanded by Scott's former comrade Teddy Evans.
  • 14 October - Senghenydd Colliery Disaster: 439 men are killed in a mining accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd - the worst accident in British mining history. 1913 is the peak year for coal production in Wales.
  • 27 October - A tornado hits South Wales, killing four people.
  • Diplomat William Henry Hoare Vincent is knighted.
  • Carmarthen Farm Institute is founded - the first of its kind.
  • Monmouthshire Training College is founded at Caerleon, with Sir Edward Anwyl as its first principal.

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