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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  30th May 1914
Colliery:  Wharncliffe Silkstone, Whinmoor Seam
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine
Lives Lost:  11

 Bailey, George, aged 52, Machineman
 Bailey, Walter, aged 19, Machineman's Assistant
 Fearnley, John, aged 23, Ripper Stoneman
 Fisher, William, aged 32, Collier
 Gardiner, Harold James, aged 40, Labourer
 Littlewood, Henry, aged 27, Ripper Stoneman
 Siddall, Joseph, aged 18, Conveyor Belt Remover
 Walker, Frederick, aged 20, Conveyor Belt Remover
 Wood, Oscar, aged 24, Conveyor Belt Remover
 Wordsworth, John William, aged 24, Trammer
 Fisher, John Thomas, aged 40, Collier
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 18 years old ; Oldest: 52 ; Average: 29

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