Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	30th December 1868
Colliery:	Haydock, Queen Pit
Cause:	Explosion of firedamp caused by blown-out shot
Lives Lost:	26

	Blake, Edward, aged 15, Drawer
	Bunney, William, aged 26, Dataller
	Cartwright, John, aged 40, Collier
	Dean, John, aged 27, Collier
	Dearden, William, aged 38, Collier
	Gallimore, George, aged 26, Collier
	Greenall, Joseph, aged 34, Fireman
	Hindley, Henry, aged 12
	Hindley, Joseph, aged 39, Collier
	Knowles, Daniel, aged 27, Drawer
	Leyland, Daniel, aged 27, Collier
	Marsh, John, aged 37, Collier
	Marsh, John, aged 15, Drawer
	Marsh, Peter, aged 13
	Mercer, John, aged 48, Dataller
	Merricks, John, aged 30, Collier
	Owen, Henry, aged 30, Collier
	Pover, William, aged 33, Collier
	Room, Robert Fletcher, aged 19
	Simm, Peter, aged 15, Pony driver
	Stock, Thomas, aged 26, Drawer
	Wardle, William, aged 48
	Wilcock, John, aged 26, Collier
	Yearsley, Samuel, aged 26, Dataller
	24 of 26 names found
	Youngest: 12 years old ; Oldest: 48 ; Average: 28

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