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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  15th November 1869
Colliery:  Low Hall
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown-out shot
Lives Lost:  27

 Bennett, John
 Bolton, Peter, Collier
 Dickson, Peter, Collier
 Duxbury, Albert, Collier
 Fairhurst, John, Collier
 Fairhurst, Peter
 Foster, Henry, Drawer
 Goulding, William, aged 14
 Hampson, James, Drawer
 Hampson, William, Drawer
 Harrison, George, Collier
 Hart, Cain, Collier
 Hilton, Richard, aged 32
 Hurst, William
 Monks, Richard, Drawer
 Oliver, William, Collier
 Ormishaw, John, aged 23, Fireman
 Pimblett, Thomas, Collier
 Ridyard, William, Jigger
 Seddon, William, aged 20, Dataller
 Simm, Peter, aged 16, Drawer
 Simm, Samuel, Drawer
 Slater, James, Drawer
 Walls, Robert, aged 15, Runner-in
 Winstanley, James, aged 14, Jigger
 Wood, Henry, aged 17, Dataller
 
26 of 27 names found
 
Youngest: 14 years old ; Oldest: 32 ; Average: 19

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