Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	9th September 1947
Colliery:	Ingham
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp
Lives Lost:	12

	Ellis, Percy, aged 54, Ripper
	Frudd, Milton, aged 51, Machineman
	Grayson, George, aged 49, Byeworker
	Hewitt, Bernard, aged 42, Shotfirer
	Howarth, Clifford, aged 20, Beltman
	Johnson, Ernest, aged 68, Byeworker
	Middleton, John, aged 38, Drawer
	Middleton, Stanley, aged 37, Drawer
	Pearson, Frederick William, aged 40, Deputy
	Robertshaw, Percy, aged 49, Ripper
	Walshaw, George, aged 32, Ripper
	Wilson, Arthur, aged 44, Beltman
	All names found
	Youngest: 20 years old ; Oldest: 68 ; Average: 44
	Injured
	Clarke, Jesse, aged 34, Shotfirer
	Witnesses at the Inquiry
	Allport, Alfred Bernard, Deputy
	Aston, Bernard, Under Manager
	Barber, Claude, Deputy
	Clarke, Walter, Ripper
	Cleaver, Eric Edward, Agent and Manager
	Collomosse, Herbert, Onsetter
	Crawshaw, William, Byeworker
	Edmundson, Harold, Byeworker
	Fisher, Arthur William, Ripper
	Green, Thomas, H.M. Assistant Inspector of Mines
	Keaton, Isaac, Assistant Superintendent, Wakefield Rescue Station
	Kitson, George William, Deputy
	Littlewood, Arthur, Deputy
	Nowell, Benjamin Taylor, Surveyor
	Parker, Ralph Lawrence, H.M. Assistant Electrical Inspector of Mines
	Platt, Claude Bernard Meister, Superintending Testing Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power
	Rees, Edward Sims, H.M. District Inspector of Mines
	Riley, Clifford Cyril, Superintendent, Brierley Rescue Station
	Rodgers, John, Ripper
	Smithson, Ernest, Ripper
	Sutherland, Peter Lindsay, Pathologist, West Riding County Council
	Taylor, John Francis, Assistant Lampman
	Tideswell, Frederick Vincent, Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power
	Willett, Harry Leslie, Principal, Research and Safety Department of North Eastern Division) National Coal Board
	Wraithmell, Harry, Lampman

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