Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	1st October 1930
Colliery:	Grove (Brownhills)
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light used to light cigarette
Lives Lost:	14

	Boden, Alfred, aged 50
	Brownridge, John, aged 38
	Corbett, Benjamin, aged 52
	Hackett, John, aged 31
	Heath, Alfred, aged 33
	Holland, John, aged 41
	Howdle, David Richard, aged 30
	Malley, James, aged 34
	Martin, Alec, aged 32
	Robbins, William, aged 46
	Scoffham, John, aged 46
	Smith, Harry, aged 38
	Whittaker, John Bernard, aged 44
	Whittaker, William, aged 62
	All names found
	Youngest: 30 years old ; Oldest: 62 ; Average: 41
	Witnesses at the Inquiry
	Ashford, R., Fireman.
	Bradford, R. G., M.D., B.Ch, Medical Practitioner.
	Cassell, G., Chargeman.
	Creswell, S., Police Sergeant.
	Derry, E., Collier.
	Dodd, A. J., Fireman.
	Dodd, J. H., Assistant Electrician.
	Earnshaw, L. J., Colliery Surveyor.
	Hackett, T., Collier.
	Haldane, J. S., M.D., F.R.S., Director of Mining Research Laboratory, Birmingham University.
	Hooker, E., Stallman.
	Hyde, T., Under-Manager.
	Locke, G., Fitter.
	Pattison, J., Colliery Manager.
	Platt, C. B., Superintending Testing Officer, Mines Department Testing Station.
	Rowley, E., H.M. Senior Inspector of Mines.
	Smithyman, W., Rescue Brigade.
	Stanton, G., Overman.
	Turner, H., Electrician’s Mate.
	Wright, T. A., Secretary to the Colliery Company.

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