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Disasters - Names |
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Disasters - Names |
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| Date: | 7th November 1883 |
| Colliery: | Altham, Moorfield Pit |
| Cause: | Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by Davy lamp |
| Lives Lost: | 68 |
| | Almond, Cuthbert, aged 12 |
| | Almond, John, aged 20 |
| | Alston, Thomas, aged 15 |
| | Ashworth, James, aged 39 |
| | Atherton, James, aged 10 |
| | Bentley, John, aged 32 |
| | Blackburn, Thomas, aged 38 |
| | Broadley, James, aged 40 |
| | Broadley, Westwell, aged 28 |
| | Brown, Waddington Walter, aged 23 |
| | Clegg, George, aged 18 |
| | Clegg, Henry William, aged 19 |
| | Clough, James, aged 27 |
| | Clough, Stephen, aged 19 |
| | Coles, Walter Henry, aged 32 |
| | Crabb, John, aged 40 |
| | Cronshaw, Jackson, aged 21 |
| | Cronshaw, James, aged 27 |
| | Cronshaw, Thomas, aged 25 |
| | Crossley, Henry, aged 11 |
| | Edge, John, aged 16 |
| | Edge, Thomas, aged 14 |
| | Gimm, William, aged 26 |
| | Gordon, ??, aged 30 |
| | Grimshaw, John, aged 20 |
| | Grimshaw, Thomas, aged 26 |
| | Hall, John Thomas, aged 15 |
| | Hamriding, Thomas, aged 36 |
| | Haworth, Job Whittaker, aged 11 |
| | Haworth, Robert, aged 36 |
| | Haworth, Rothwell, aged 34 |
| | Haworth, William Henry, aged 32 |
| | Hollin, William, aged 25 |
| | Jones, William Edward, aged 13 |
| | Leeson, Joseph, aged 12 |
| | Mackrell, William, aged 21 |
| | Mahon, John, aged 15 |
| | Mahon, Michael, aged 13 |
| | Mcintosh, Thomas, aged 56 |
| | Mcintosh, Thomas Henry, aged 35 |
| | Metcalf, Thomas, aged 33 |
| | Ormerod, John, aged 41 |
| | Osbalderston, Richard, aged 12 |
| | Osbalderstoon, James, aged 33 |
| | Perry, Matthew Henry, aged 17 |
| | Riding, Aaron, aged 10 |
| | Riley, Robert, aged 17 |
| | Rushton, John, aged 27 |
| | Rushton, Lawrence, aged 44 |
| | Rushton, Willam, aged 14 |
| | Scholes, James, aged 19 |
| | Shorrock, John, aged 19 |
| | Smith, John Edward, aged 11 |
| | Smith, Thomas, aged 45 |
| | Tapper, George, aged 18 |
| | Taylor, James, aged 35 |
| | Taylor, Thomas, aged 29 |
| | Taylor, William, aged 24 |
| | Taylor, Wilson, aged 29 |
| | Thornton, Joseph, aged 24 |
| | Threfall, John, aged 46 |
| | Threlfall, Robert, aged 25 |
| | Tillotson, Thomas, aged 28 |
| | Tomlinson, Peter, aged 19 |
| | Walsh, Thomas, aged 27 |
| | Yates, Timothy, aged 29 |
| | Yates, William, aged 46 |
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67 of 68 names found |
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Youngest: 10 years old ; Oldest: 56 ; Average: 25 |
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Injured |
| | Almond, George |
| | Almond, Lawerence |
| | Aspden, William Thomas |
| | Bickerstaff, John |
| | Broadley, Peter |
| | Clegg, Thomas |
| | Clough, William |
| | Cronshaw, James H. |
| | Crook, James |
| | Duckworth, Thomas |
| | Fielding, James |
| | Grace, William |
| | Gumm, Timothy |
| | Halstead, Samuel |
| | Leeming, Thomas |
| | Metcalf, Lawrence |
| | Parker, Fred |
| | Rawcliffe, George |
| | Riding, Moses |
| | South, Henry |
| | Taylor, Christopher |
| | Walsh, John |
| | Walton, John |
| | Wolstenholme, John |
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