Three men died following a 'spontaneous combustion' at Aberystwyth's Old College building in 1885.
Archaeologists have uncovered surviving features of a Victorian university building almost 140 years after it was gutted by a fire which killed three people.
Pieces of charred wood have been found in the rubble as well as a damaged Bunsen burner, a small stove and a number of glass bottles. The report says he concluded "the cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion amongst the cotton waste used in cleaning up after the chemical experiments in the laboratory department".Elgan Davies, who worked as a librarian in the Old College, has written about the building's history.
"But there was still three people inside fighting the fire in the museum when the floor gave way. They fell through to the floor below, and were terribly burned and died." Jessica Domiczew, from Dyfed Archaeology Trust, said her team are "piecing together the building’s story bit by bit" after archaeologists working with building contractors found objects from the time of the fire hidden in rubble.
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