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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  16th October 1889
Colliery:  Mossfield
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spontaneous combustion
Lives Lost:  64

 Ayres, F., aged 21
 Bailey, J. H., aged 18
 Ball, J., aged 36
 Ball, N., aged 39
 Bath, J., aged 23
 Bettany , J., aged 23
 Bough, T., aged 20
 Bradbury, J., aged 20
 Bradshaw, T. G., aged 18
 Breewood, W., aged 29
 Brough, T.
 Bull, J., aged 60
 Bull, J., aged 25
 Bull, J., aged 26
 Bull, W., aged 19
 Burgess, W., aged 40
 Colcott, H., aged 25
 Cotton, J., aged 26
 Derricott, I., aged 60
 Edwards, A. J., aged 28
 Edwards, G., aged 42
 Edwards, J., aged 57
 Emery, F., aged 50
 Farrell, W., aged 23
 Fletcher, A., aged 26
 Hall, J., aged 16
 Harding, J., aged 25
 Hughes, D., aged 65
 Hulme, W., aged 24
 Hulse, J., aged 26
 James, T., aged 18
 Jenkins, C., aged 19
 Jones, E., aged 30
 Jones, R., aged 24
 Lawton, W., aged 18
 Moffatt, J.
 Moore, J. B., aged 31
 Plant, W. H., aged 35
 Price, E., aged 27
 Radcliffe, G., aged 32
 Rutter, S., aged 37
 Salt, G., aged 42
 Salter, W., aged 50
 Sellars, H., aged 37
 Shaw, F. M., aged 21
 Shenton, J., aged 15
 Sherwin, C., aged 21
 Sherwin, S., aged 18
 Sherwin, T., aged 25
 Smith, B. L., aged 33
 Smith, J., aged 18
 Smith, W., aged 16
 Steel, J., aged 16
 Steele, G., aged 14
 Tomlinson, J., aged 32
 Townshend, E., aged 30
 Walker, T., aged 25
 Wedgwood, S., aged 28
 Whitehurst, S., aged 24
 Williams, J., aged 16
 Willson, G., aged 27
 Wood, H., aged 20
 
62 of 64 names found
 
Youngest: 14 years old ; Oldest: 65 ; Average: 28

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