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Date:  1st January 1942
Colliery:  Sneyd
Cause:  Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by friction between up-going rope and underside of the down-coming tub of the runaway set
Lives Lost:  55

 Ashworth, J., aged 18
 Barber, J., aged 34
 Baskerville, H.
 Beckett, W., aged 43
 Bennett, G. T., aged 19
 Bennett, J. B., aged 41
 Bennett, R., aged 17
 Bourne, H.
 Bowker, J. W., aged 55
 Briggs, D. G., aged 16
 Bromley, L., aged 30
 Bullock, J., aged 38
 Buttler, W. H., aged 53
 Cartwright, H., aged 42
 Cashmore, W.
 Cross, T.
 Dale, J., aged 21
 Davis, E.
 Deakin, A.
 Docksey, W., aged 27
 Dono, J. T., aged 49
 Gater, E., aged 49
 Gibson, H., aged 65
 Grocott, J. C., aged 36
 Hamlett, L. J.
 Hancock, W., aged 21
 Harrison, A. C., aged 17
 Harrison, F., aged 18
 Harrower, A.
 Higginbottom, A., aged 34
 James, A., aged 16
 Jones, J. W., aged 20
 Kelly, H.
 Lyons, T., aged 32
 Mallin, A.
 Manley, G., aged 41
 Marsh, N.
 Meadowcroft, L., aged 29
 Moore, S., aged 34
 Moston, J., aged 20
 Moulton, T. W., aged 20
 Mountford, A., aged 33
 Mountford, S., aged 19
 Newton, R., aged 28
 Nixson, W., aged 29
 Oaks, B., aged 45
 Podmore, G., aged 30
 Roberts, J.
 Rushton, T.
 Sheldon, W. J., aged 30
 Sherratt, J., aged 38
 Stonier, E.
 Sutton, H.
 Thomas, J., aged 28
 West, E.
 Wright, J. H., aged 18
 Yeomans, R., aged 31
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 16 years old ; Oldest: 65 ; Average: 31

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