Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	31st May 1895
Colliery:	Kinneddar, No. 2 Pit
Cause:	Underground fire caused by new ventilating furnace igniting adjacent timber
Lives Lost:	9

	Bell, George, aged 28, Coal Miner, died of burns
	Hunter, Thomas, aged 41, Coal Miner, died of burns
	McKenna, William, aged 42, Coal Miner, died of burns
	Ramage, George, aged 31, Coal Miner, died of burns
	Sharp, Alexander, aged 42, Coal Miner, died of burns
	Hunter, John, aged 28, Coal Miner, died of burns
	Sharp, Frank, aged 52, Miner, father of Thomas, fell down shaft
	Sharp, Thomas, aged 23, Miner, son of Frank, fell down shaft
	Thompson, Alexander, aged 31, Fireman, died of burns
	All names found
	Youngest: 23 years old ; Oldest: 52 ; Average: 35

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