Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	14th June 1866
Colliery:	Victoria
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light
Lives Lost:	38

	Armfield, Joseph, aged 17
	Armfield, Robert, aged 17
	Ashton, William, aged 22
	Booth, Charles, aged 22
	Booth, William, aged 24
	Brennan, James, aged 19
	Buckley, John Thomas, aged 11
	Chorley, William, aged 51
	Clayton, David, aged 28
	Elliott, John, aged 40
	France, Richard, aged 36
	Garrett, William, aged 44
	Gee, John, aged 34
	Gregson, Thomas, aged 18
	Harratt, William, aged 49
	Haslam, James, aged 34
	Hill, James, aged 23
	Hooson, Thomas
	Hudson, Samuel, aged 15
	Johnson, Samuel, aged 21
	Kay, William Ernest, aged 15
	Lomas, John, aged 20
	Martin, William, aged 26
	McHugh, Patrick, aged 22
	McHugh, Terance, aged 19
	Mellor, William, aged 42
	Mercer, James, aged 34
	Noble, Henry, aged 14
	Norton, Samuel, aged 14
	Phillips, George, aged 33
	Quinlin, William, aged 24
	Rixon, John, aged 27
	Robinson, George, aged 20
	Shore, John, aged 14
	Smethurst, Thomas, aged 15
	Taylor, William John, aged 56
	Warren, Luther, aged 13
	37 of 38 names found
	Youngest: 11 years old ; Oldest: 56 ; Average: 26
	Injured
	Brooks, John
	Bullock, George
	Burtenshaw, Martin
	Hidgkins, Edward
	Phillips, Joseph
	Pickup, John
	Ramsbottom, Samuel
	Walker, John
	Wild, Joseph
	Winterbottom, James

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