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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  6th December 1875
Colliery:  Swaithe Main
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing
Lives Lost:  143

 Akers, Henry Milton, aged 25
 Allen, James, aged 32
 Allen, John Frank, aged 18
 Allen, William, aged 19
 Armitage, George, aged 50
 Bailey, John, aged 25
 Bailey, Wm Henry, aged 20
 Banks, George, aged 38
 Barden, Gad, aged 43
 Baron, Joseph, aged 43
 Barraclough, James, aged 30
 Beevors, Thomas, aged 47
 Bennett, Benjamin, aged 19
 Benson, Joseph, aged 14
 Beresford, George, aged 35
 Blackburn, John, aged 50
 Bostock, Pharoah, aged 15
 Bowers, Alfred, aged 14
 Bowers, Edwd, aged 12
 Bray, William, aged 24
 Brown, John (James), aged 36
 Brown, William, aged 19
 Buckley, William, aged 33
 Bullock, John, aged 30
 Bullock, Thomas, aged 29
 Calvert, John, aged 27
 Carr, George Edwd, aged 24
 Cawthorne, Henry, aged 22
 Christian, John, aged 32
 Collumbine, Chas Hy, aged 16
 Crackles, Alfred, aged 23
 Denton, James, aged 32
 Dodson, James, aged 32
 Dolan, William, aged 29
 Duber, Thomas, aged 24
 Dunk, Arthur, aged 20
 Earnshaw, William, aged 33
 Evans, George, aged 17
 Eyre, George, aged 22
 Fawcett, George
 Foster, Thomas, aged 29
 Galloway, Fred, aged 13
 Galloway, Leonard, aged 15
 Gibson, John, aged 15
 Gilbert, Alfred, aged 21
 Gilbert, John, aged 20
 Glover, Edward, aged 19
 Goodall, John, aged 43
 Goodliffe, Walter, aged 22
 Grant, Henry, aged 35
 Green, Samuel, aged 27
 Greenbank, Wm, aged 27
 Haigh, Samuel
 Hampshire, George
 Hancock, Jas A, aged 34
 Harrison, Albert Edward, aged 14
 Harrison, Joseph, aged 21
 Hepplestone, Jm, aged 46
 Hoyland, Alfred, aged 29
 Hudson, Wm, aged 30
 Jaques, Henrey, aged 27
 Jenkins, Edward, aged 21
 Jenkins, Edward, aged 36
 Jenkins, Wm, aged 30
 Kendall, Paul, aged 49
 Kendall, Paul (jun), aged 15
 Kilburn, Thomas, aged 29
 Kilner, Fred, aged 15
 Lambert, Israel, aged 19
 Lancashire, Wm, aged 24
 Lawton, Wm, aged 17
 Lockwood, Walter, aged 50
 Lund, Thomas, aged 24
 Malin, Henry, aged 22
 Maltby, Thomas, aged 34
 Markey, Thos, aged 25
 Marsden, Henry, aged 26
 McCullough, H?
 Moore, John
 Morton, Charles
 Mowbray, Joseph Robinson, aged 19
 Netherwood, Arthur, aged 16
 Nettleship, Wm
 Nicholson, Jn, aged 18
 Noble, Joseph, aged 38
 Oates, Wm, aged 45
 Partlet, John, aged 19
 Pashley, Jos, aged 21
 Phillips, Jno Edwd, aged 18
 Phillipson, George, aged 30
 Pickering, Jno, aged 23
 Rides, Tom, aged 16
 Rock, Arthur, aged 23
 Rodgers, Wm, aged 32
 Rose, Edward, aged 23
 Schofield, Samuel, aged 36
 Sedgewick, John, aged 31
 Semley, Amos, aged 14
 Semley, Edmond, aged 17
 Sheldon, Joseph
 Slator, Geo Hy, aged 21
 Small?, John Thos, aged 18
 Smith, John Thos, aged 18
 Smith, Richard, aged 29
 Smith, William, aged 33
 Stott, Henry, aged 17
 Sykes, George, aged 25
 Taylor, Charles, aged 26
 Thickett, Levi, aged 18
 Timperley, Jas, aged 34
 Tranter, Jonathan, aged 23
 Tyas, Chas Wm
 Tyas, Henry, aged 36
 Vine, Charles, aged 19
 Waldy, Fred Noel, aged 21
 Walker, William, aged 29
 Waller, John, aged 12
 Waller, William, aged 16
 Waterworth, Jno, aged 30
 Watson, Thomas, aged 16
 Whitham, Walter, aged 19
 Wildsmith, Geo
 Wood, John, aged 19
 Woodhead, Thos, aged 29
 
124 of 143 names found
 
Youngest: 12 years old ; Oldest: 50 ; Average: 26

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