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John Thomas Clark
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 20th Feb 1908 |
| Accident: | 20th Feb 1908 9:30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1879 |
| Colliery: | Washington, Glebe Pit |
| Company: | Washington Coal Co. Ltd. |
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| Notes: | killed in the 1908 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Photographs of those killed and futher individual details on the victims can be found here.
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| 22 Feb 1908 | Fatal Colliery Explosion, Fourteen Lives Lost (The Times) |
| 24 Mar 1908 | The Washington Colliery Accident (The Times) |
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- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1908 Explosion (Cd 4183)
- Picture extracted from the Washington Glebe Disaster Postcard showing images of those who were killed, the postcard and futher individual details on the victims can be found here.
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