Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	4th March 1908
Colliery:	Hamstead
Cause:	Underground fire, caused by lighted candle
Lives Lost:	25

	Ashton, Richard, aged 33, Haulage Man
	Bradley, James, aged 45, Haulage Man
	Burton, Enoch, aged 39, Loader
	Cole, Thomas, aged 34, Loader
	Curtis, Alfred Thomas, aged 34, Loader
	Guest, John, aged 27, Deputy
	Hancox, J., Driver
	Hodgkiss, John, aged 17, Timekeeper
	Hodgson, John, aged 29, Minding Dams
	Hollyoak, Thomas, aged 39, Haulage Man
	Howell, Joseph, aged 35, Deputy
	Johnson, Edwin, aged 30, Loader
	Jones, Ernest, aged 31, Loader
	Lawle, William, aged 27, Minding Dams
	Merrick, Arthur, aged 23, Driver
	Mitchell, Samuel, aged 44, Stallman
	Summerfield, Charles, aged 34, Stallman
	Summerfield, John, aged 26, Driver
	Summerfield, Walter, aged 21, Haulage Man
	Titley, Joseph, aged 25, Loader
	Turner, Samuel, aged 40, Loader
	Underhill, Henry, aged 17, Driver
	Underhill, William, aged 48, Stallman
	Watts, Henry, aged 47, Loader
	Welsby, John, Rescue Man, died on 5th March
	Williamson, A., aged 44, Pikeman
	All names found
	Youngest: 17 years old ; Oldest: 48 ; Average: 33

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