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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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Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
Wolstencroft, Fred 39 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Wolstenholme, John 07 Nov 1883 Altham, Moorfield Pit LAN
Wolstenholme, John 25 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Wolstenholme, Peter 25 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Wolstenholme, Samuel 47 12 Mar 1878 Unity Brook LAN
Wolstenholme, Thomas 41 12 Mar 1878 Unity Brook LAN
Wolstenholme, William 21 12 Mar 1878 Unity Brook LAN
Womack, Henry 44 20 Nov 1931 Bentley, Barnsley Seam YKS
Wood, Basil 29 Jul 1941 Crigglestone YKS
Wood, Charles 17 24 Jan 1849 Darley Main WRY
Wood, Frederick 34 16 Feb 1942 Barnsley Main YKS
Wood, George 39 04 Jul 1893 Thornhill, Combs Pit YKS
Wood, Griffith 45 03 Jun 1902 Windsor, Abertridwr GLA
Wood, H. 20 16 Oct 1889 Mossfield STS
Wood, Henry 12 Dec 1866 Oaks YKS
Wood, Henry 17 15 Nov 1869 Low Hall LAN
Wood, James Mathew 59 21 Mar 1940 Mossfield STS
Wood, John 27 18 Jul 1874 Ince Hall, Saw Mill Pit LAN
Wood, John 19 06 Dec 1875 Swaithe Main YKS
Wood, John Thomas 14 Apr 1874 Astley Deep, Duckinfield CHS
Wood, Joseph 35 11 Jun 1861 Clay Cross DBY
Wood, Joseph 15 04 Jul 1893 Thornhill, Combs Pit YKS
Wood, Oscar 24 30 May 1914 Wharncliffe Silkstone, Whinmoor Seam YKS
Wood, P. 21 Mar 1973 Lofthouse YKS
Wood, P. 30 Jul 1973 Markham DBY
Wood, Robert Henry 22 10 May 1938 Markham No.1 Blackshale Pit DBY
Wood, Sam 40 04 Jul 1893 Thornhill, Combs Pit YKS
Wood, Thomas 60 11 Jun 1861 Clay Cross DBY
Wood, Thomas 12 Dec 1866 Oaks YKS
Wood, Thomas 28 27 Dec 1867 Bwllfa GLA
Wood, Thomas 25 07 Jun 1878 Haydock, Wood Pit LAN
Wood, Thomas 55 18 Oct 1883 Wharncliffe Carlton YKS
Wood, William 51 22 Oct 1877 Blantyre, No. 2 Pit LKS
Wood, William 20 12 Nov 1879 Shortheath STS
Wood, William 12 04 Jul 1893 Thornhill, Combs Pit YKS
Wood, William Leslie 17 14 Oct 1913 Universal Colliery, Senghenydd GWN
Woodall, W. 26 23 Aug 1935 South Kirkby YKS
Woodcock, Arthur 27 Jul 1934 Bilsthorpe NTT
Woodcock, F. 12 Jun 1975 Houghton Main YKS
Woodcock, Harold 29 12 Nov 1932 Garswood Hall, No. 9 LAN
Woodcock, John 15 05 Mar 1847 Ardsley Main YKS
Woodcock, Richard 37 18 Feb 1854 Ince Hall LAN
Woodford, John 18 15 Jul 1880 Risca MON
Woodhead, David 11 05 Mar 1847 Ardsley Main YKS
Woodhead, Joseph 13 05 Mar 1847 Ardsley Main YKS
Woodhead, Thos 29 06 Dec 1875 Swaithe Main YKS
Woodin, John 20 Nov 1874 Rawmarsh YKS
Woodland, Austin William 21 Oct 1966 Aberfan GLA
Woodliffe, Benjamin 21 Aug 1883 Gelli GLA
Woodliffe, Thomas 26 21 Aug 1883 Gelli GLA
Woods, Alfred Edward 15 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Woods, Arthur 14 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Woods, George Henry 27 06 Apr 1971 Cynheidre-Pentremawr CMN
Woods, William 15 06 Feb 1890 Llanerch, Pontypool WLS
Woodvine, F. 14 12 Jan 1918 Podmore Hall, Minnie Pit STS
Woodward, D. 12 Jun 1975 Houghton Main YKS
Woodward, Fred 45 06 Mar 1957 Chanters LAN
Woodward, Percy 18 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Woodward, Samuel 34 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Woodward, Sydney 21 Oct 1966 Aberfan GLA
Woodward, Thomas 14 Jan 1846 Risca, Black Vein Pit WLS
Woodward, Thomas 24 Dec 1879 Plodder Mine, Kersley LAN
Woodward, Thomas 32 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Woodward, Walter 41 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Woolam, Thomas 47 16 Jul 1905 New Boston LAN
Woolcock, Francis H. 19 15 Aug 1883 Wheal Agar CON
Wooley, Enoch 18 17 Jul 1860 Adderley Green STS
Wooley, T. 07 Apr 1879 Park YKS
Woolham, Thomas 37 12 Nov 1932 Garswood Hall, No. 9 LAN
Woolley, John 17 01 Dec 1860 Risca, Black Vein Pit WLS
Woolley, Robert 18 28 Mar 1928 Robroyston LKS
Woolley, Thomas 29 15 Jul 1880 Risca MON
Woosnam, John 24 28 Jun 1960 Six Bells MON
Wordsworth, John William 24 30 May 1914 Wharncliffe Silkstone, Whinmoor Seam YKS
Worman, Simeon 57 14 Oct 1913 Universal Colliery, Senghenydd GWN
Worrall, Robert 13 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Worrall, William 36 09 Sep 1861 Donnington SAL
Worsick, John 13 01 Jan 1869 High Brooks, Park Lane LAN
Worsick, William 32 01 Jan 1869 High Brooks, Park Lane LAN
Worsick, William, jnr. 11 01 Jan 1869 High Brooks, Park Lane LAN
Worsley, Thomas 28 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Worthington, George 33 18 Jun 1885 Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine LAN
Worthington, Isaac 40 13 Aug 1886 Bedford, Wood End Pits, Crumbouke Mine LAN
Worthington, J. 25 02 Oct 1886 Altofts, Silkstone YKS
Worthington, J. 02 Oct 1886 Altofts, Silkstone YKS
Worthington, James 59 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Worthington, John 03 Aug 1913 Cadder, No. 15 Pit LKS
Worthington, K. S. 28 Jun 1960 Six Bells MON
Worthington, K. S. 17 May 1965 Cambrian GLA
Worthington, Samuel 26 18 Feb 1854 Ince Hall LAN
Worthington, Thomas 36 21 Dec 1910 Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit LAN
Wotton, Thomas 24 12 May 1866 Furzehill CON

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.


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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