Welsh Saints Warned by Vision Are Spared from the Merthyr Tydvil Colliery Explosion (1845)

During a recent explosion of fire-damp at a colliery in Merthyr Tydvill, South Wales, several Latter-day Saints were working in the pit at the time. Despite the destruction, none of the Saints were injured, an event which the editorial describes as a signal deliverance and an instance of the special protection of the Most High. A follow-up report in the 15 September 1845 issue records that the Saints regularly employed in the pit were absent at the time of the explosion, having been warned by vision of the coming catastrophe — while individuals who had persecuted the Saints and demanded a sign were among those destroyed, and the Saints were afterward called upon to assist in recovering the bodies.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 6, No. 6 (1 September 1845), p. 96):

A short time ago, a colliery in Merthyr Tydvill, South Wales, was destroyed by an explosion of fire-damp. Several of the Saints were employed in the pit, but, by a signal deliverance, not one of them was injured. It is a remarkable fact, that the Saints who were regularly employed in the pit, were absent at the time of the explosion, having been warned by vision of the coming catastrophe; while those who had been persecuting the Saints, and demanding a sign, were among those destroyed. The Saints were afterwards called upon to assist in recovering the bodies.