Four trapped Welsh miners' bodies found

[dutchman]

The search for four miners trapped underground in a flooded Swansea Valley colliery has ended with the discovery of the last body.



They were working 90m (295ft) down in Gleision Colliery near Pontardawe on Thursday when tragedy struck.

The bodies of Charles Breslin, 62, David Powell, 50, Garry Jenkins, 39, and Phillip Hill, 45, who all lived locally, were discovered on Friday.

Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "desperately sad situation".

Three other miners managed to escape as the flood water engulfed the drift mine when a retaining wall holding back a body of water underground failed.

Two of them then helped in the attempt to save their colleagues, while another was taken to hospital.

The body of one miner was located at the bottom of the main shaft at Cilybebyll early on Friday.