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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  18th March 1929
Colliery:  Coombs Wood
Cause:  Underground fire, 'damp' sheet in the Manor Road ignited by candle or cigarette
Lives Lost:  8

 Barnsley, Edwin, aged 61
 Chance, Joseph, aged 66
 Dukes, Edwin Walter, aged 27
 Edwards, Harry, aged 44
 Hargreaves, John, aged 32
 Harris, James, aged 58
 Parkes, George Henry, aged 45
 Westwood, John, aged 48
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 27 years old ; Oldest: 66 ; Average: 48

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