Pleasure and Peril in Snowdonia - Barmouth and the 1894 Boating Tragedy

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: A record of the perils of adventures in Snowdonia, as portrayed in the story of a rowing tragedy on the Mawddach estuary in 1894. When a group of idealistic and hopeful young people on a reading holiday in Barmouth set out on a boating excursion upriver in the early evening of 1 August 1894, they have no idea of the tragedy that will unfold. Ten of the group will not return. Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description: Cofnod o beryglon anturio yn Eryri drwy gyfrwng portread o drasiedi rhwyfo yn aber afon Mawddach ym 1894. Pan gychwynnodd aelodau ifanc gr?p darllen ar daith mewn cychod pleser i fyny'r afon Mawddach ar ddiwrnod cyntaf Awst 1894, nid oedd ganddynt y syniad lleiaf o'r trasiedi a ddilynai. Ni ddychwelodd deg ohonynt. Cyhoeddwr / Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch Categori / Category: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (S) Awdur / Author: Paula Burnett