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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  1st November 1861
Colliery:  Shevington
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp
Lives Lost:  13

 Ashcroft, James, aged 15, Collier
 Ashcroft, John, aged 47, Collier
 Ashcroft, Solomon, aged 13, Collier
 Baron, James, aged 12, Collier
 Crook, William, aged 79, Collier
 Culshaw, James, aged 22, Collier
 Culshaw, John, aged 29, Collier
 Gaskell, James, aged 35, Collier
 Goulden, Edward, aged 22, Collier
 Holcroft, Robert, aged 38, Collier
 Reed, Thomas, aged 60, Collier
 Reed, Thomas, aged 60, Collier
 Ridings, William, aged 45, Fireman
 Ridings, William, aged 45, Labourer
 Yates, William, aged 40, Collier
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 12 years old ; Oldest: 79 ; Average: 37
 
Injured
 Ellison, Ralph, Collier
 Howcroft, Robert, Collier
 Thompson, Robert, Collier

 

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