<page_title> Rhondda </page_title> <section_title> Mining disasters </section_title> <table> <cell> Ferndale No. 1 Pit <col_header> Colliery </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1867 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 178 <col_header> Death toll </col_header> </cell> <cell> gas explosion <col_header> cause </col_header> </cell> </table>
The worst incident in the Rhondda was the 1867 Ferndale disaster in which an explosion saw the loss of 178 lives.