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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  15th February 1860
Colliery:  Higham
Cause:  Explosion of firedamp caused by lighted candle
Lives Lost:  13

 Blackburn, -, aged 12, Horse driver
 Brown, Henry, aged 12, Hurrier
 Cawthorne, Levi, aged 33, Coal getter
 Clarke, Joseph, aged 23
 Depledge, William, aged 26, Labourer
 Jagger, David, aged 14, Hurrier
 Jagger, David, aged 72, Coal getter
 Summers, George, aged 12, Hurrier
 Whitehead, John, aged 27
 Wilson, John, aged 40, Coal getter
 Wilson, Joseph, aged 11, Horse driver
 
11 of 13 names found
 
Youngest: 11 years old ; Oldest: 72 ; Average: 26
 
Injured
 Crossley, Joseph, aged 19
 Higham, John, aged 11
 Wilson, Henry

 

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