So firmly convinced are the men employed at the Glyncorrwg Mine, near Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, that the workings are haunted, that on Monday between two hundred and three hundred of them refused to descend. They declare that during the latter part of last week they heard sounds and saw visions which they regard as portents of evil. They solemnly assert that a mysterious figure waving a lighted lamp was seen, and that screams, apparently from a woman, were heard in various parts of the mine. Welsh miners are singularly superstitious, and some difficulty is expected.
Grantham Journal, 19th July 1902.
The miners of the Glyncorrwg Colliery, near Port Talbot, who refused to resume work on Monday morning because they thought that the mine was haunted, were seen yesterday by their agent, Mr. John Williams. The plans of an adjoining abandoned colliery, from which danger by flooding is feared, were scanned, and the whole situation was fully discussed. The men unanimously declined to return to work.
St James's Gazette, 17th July 1902.
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