CIVILIAN. WIFE OF CHARLES FERGUSON OF 51 TREHARNE STREET, CWMPARC. MARGARET DIED IN THE FAMILY HOME WHEN SHE WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO PACIFY HER FRIGHTENED DOG. SHE DIED AGED 45 YEARS. HER SON, SYDNEY FERGUSON, AND DAUGHTER SURVIVED THE BLAST.
SYDNEY FERGUSON WAS STOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN SPEAKING TO A NEIGHBOUR AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, SPENDING MANY WEEKS IN HOSPITAL.
HIS YOUNGER SISTER WAS HIDDEN IN THE COAL STORE BY THEIR MOTHER AND DUG OUT BY VOLUNTEERS AFTER THE BLAST, HAVING BEEN TRAPPED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.