Day Log/1925-11-02

On this day, disaster struck the village of Dolgarrog. The Eigiau Dam of the Aluminium Corporation collapsed, water having leaked under the dam which itself largely remained intact. The water poured into the Coedty Reservoir which, being small, was unable to hold it. The reservoir failed and the power station and the village of Dolgarrog, one mile below, were engulfed. Most of the villagers were in the Assembly Hall for the weekly film show and so escaped, being on higher ground. Sixteen lives were lost as a result of the collapse. Jack emerged badly from this affair and the rest of his life is largely shrouded in mystery. It appears that he changed his name to Henry Jack McInnes and died in Tunbridge Wells in 1936.