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Please note: not all of the sufferers listed here are shown in the other tables - the disaster index only shows those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost.

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link to Memorial page
see bottom of page for details
Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
Swain, Charles 13 18 Dec 1876 Cwmtillery, Abertillery GLA
Swain, Job 18 07 Jun 1878 Haydock, Wood Pit LAN
Swallow, James 21 04 Aug 1892 Ravenslodge YKS
Swallow, John 17 04 Aug 1892 Ravenslodge YKS
Swallow, John 23 04 Aug 1892 Ravenslodge YKS
Swallow, R. 49 04 Aug 1892 Ravenslodge YKS
Swallow, William Henry 25 04 Jul 1893 Thornhill, Combs Pit YKS
Swann, W. 19 12 Jan 1918 Podmore Hall, Minnie Pit STS
Swanscott, John 57 08 Nov 1867 Ferndale GLA
Swift, Charles 35 30 Apr 1896 Micklefield YKS
Swift, George 31 07 Jun 1878 Haydock, Wood Pit LAN
Swift, H. 08 Dec 1862 Edmunds Main YKS
Swift, Henry 19 09 Sep 1861 Donnington SAL
Swift, Henry Dwight 25 Sep 1934 Gresford DEN
Swift, Isaac 23 24 Jan 1849 Darley Main WRY
Swift, James 13 01 Jan 1869 High Brooks, Park Lane LAN
Swift, John 04 May 1866 Garswood Park LAN
Swift, John 29 07 Jun 1878 Haydock, Wood Pit LAN
Swift, John 24 20 Jan 1905 Bold LAN
Swift, Matthew 12 Dec 1866 Oaks YKS
Swift, Peter 18 04 May 1866 Garswood Park LAN
Swift, R. A. 12 Jun 1975 Houghton Main YKS
Swift, Richard 30 04 May 1866 Garswood Park LAN
Swift, Thomas 16 15 Nov 1857 Hollingwood DBY
Swift, Thomas 23 09 Sep 1861 Donnington SAL
Swift, William 20 04 May 1866 Garswood Park LAN
Swindells, John 21 10 Dec 1866 Bank LAN
Swindells, John 45 14 Apr 1874 Astley Deep, Duckinfield CHS
Swindells, Peter 27 10 Dec 1866 Bank LAN
Swindells, William 30 10 Dec 1866 Bank LAN
Swinden, R. 21 Mar 1973 Lofthouse YKS
Swingewood, D. 32 18 Dec 1925 Birchenwood STS
Swingewood, Joseph 25 Nov 1911 Bignall Hill, Jamage Pit STS
Swinnerton, Walter 25 Sep 1934 Gresford DEN
Swinswood, William 28 01 Mar 1865 Clough Hall STS

For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.


For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.


Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.


For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report shows that they were killed in the accident.


For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report into the incident shows that they were injured in the accident.


For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report into the incident shows that they were called as a witness at the inquiry into the accident.


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