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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  2nd July 1937
Colliery:  Holditch
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by fire at coal cutting machine, caused by friction of the picks in the cut
Lives Lost:  30

 Adkins, H. L., aged 35
 Bloor, J. A., aged 51
 Cocks, J., aged 57
 Condcliffe, P., aged 35
 Cooke, J., aged 37
 Cooper, A. L., aged 30
 Cornes, A. E., aged 26
 Finney, H. J., aged 41
 Forester, J. W., aged 40
 Harris, T., aged 46
 Harvey, J., aged 39
 Hassell, J., aged 35
 Haystead, W., aged 45
 Hodkinson, W. S., aged 38
 Hough, W., aged 37
 Howle, F. J., aged 36
 Jackson, R., aged 35
 Johnston, H., aged 34
 Jones, E., aged 51
 Jones, T. H., aged 28
 Latham, S., aged 28
 Mayer, A., aged 39
 Mitchell, H., aged 44
 Pepper, W., aged 39
 Pickerill, J. T., aged 30
 Price, C., aged 33
 Rushton, G. T., aged 41
 Seaton, A. W., aged 26
 Stanton, A. R., aged 31
 Turner, F., aged 22
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 22 years old ; Oldest: 57 ; Average: 37

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