Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	23rd January 1877
Colliery:	Stonehill
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle
Lives Lost:	18

	Barnes, Thomas, aged 23, address: Farnworth
	Brown, James, aged 18, address: Cross Street, Farnworth
	Churnside, William, married, address: Bridgewater Street, Farnworth
	Eckersley, Ralph, address: 19 Oldham Street, Kersley
	Farnworth, James, aged 20, brother of Joseph
	Farnworth, Joseph, married, brother of James, address: Worsley Road
	Gerrard, George, aged 22, brother of John, address: Brackley Street, Farnworth
	Gerrard, John, aged 19, brother of George, address: Brackley Street, Farnworth
	Lomas, James, married, address: Worsley Road, Farnworth
	Shorrocks, James, father of Richard, address: Southern Street, Little Bolton
	Shorrocks, Richard, aged 15, son of James, address: Southern Street, Little Bolton
	Sixsmith, Robert, was injured through tumbling in a hole 10yds deep, while making his escape.
	Smethurst, Thomas, married, address: Dunkirk, Little Hulton
	Stones, John, married, address: Egerton Street, Farnworth
	Walker, Daniel, Fireman, married, address: Larkhill, Farnworth
	Williams, Owen, address: Book Street, Kersley
	16 of 18 names found
	Youngest: 15 years old ; Oldest: 23 ; Average: 20

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