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A letter posted in 1886 by Edward and [Eleine?] Williams, landlords of the Malsters Arms Hotel, Pontypridd to his son Master Edward Williams in London, describing the accident that happened at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd that resulted in the death of two sinkers whilst sinking the shaft in 1886.

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