A crowd waits at the colliery following the disaster More About Gresford Gresford: at the BBC 1 BBC - Wales On Air - Gresford Colliery disaster News bulletins read by Stuart Hibbard report the unfolding tragedy. Letters of condolence and letters offering gifts in kind received following the Gresford colliery disaster of 1934. The Gresford Colliery Disaster - The Real Price of Coal