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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  21st March 1940
Colliery:  Mossfield
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by spontaneous combustion
Lives Lost:  11

 Blundred, James, aged 28, Collier
 Butler, Arthur, aged 26, Loader
 Dodd, Colin, aged 20, Loader
 Johnson, James, aged 37, Collier
 Leake, Leslie, aged 16, Haulage hand
 Middleton, Arthur, aged 54, Collier
 Porter, Richard, aged 27, Collier
 Porter, Roland, aged 55, Collier
 Ratcliffe, William Arthur, aged 33, Haulage hand
 Rushton, Charles, aged 25, Loader
 Wood, James Mathew, aged 59, Collier
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 16 years old ; Oldest: 59 ; Average: 35
 
Injured
 Seaton, Arthur, aged 47, Fireman

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