Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	7th February 1881
Colliery:	Whitfield
Cause:	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by underground smithy
Lives Lost:	21

	Bailey, J., aged 42
	Beech, C., aged 49
	Beech, J., aged 22
	Boulton, H., aged 29
	Cottonbury, R., aged 30
	Dale, G., aged 33
	Dale, J., aged 22
	Davies, J., aged 46
	Dean, W., aged 17
	Fletcher, J., aged 34
	Gaskell, S., aged 45
	Gidman, W., aged 19
	Hargreaves, T., aged 37
	Holcroft, A., aged 25
	Lockett, W., aged 38
	Mayer, C., aged 40
	Miles, R., aged 60
	Morton, E., aged 40
	Morton, W., aged 16
	Poole, A., aged 25
	Sargent, J., aged 33
	Stubbs, H., aged 33
	Thompson, J., aged 26
	Vickers, S., aged 53
	All names found
	Youngest: 16 years old ; Oldest: 60 ; Average: 34

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