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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  14th December 1957
Colliery:  Lindsay
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by matches
Lives Lost:  9

 Anderson, Daniel, aged 42, Machineman
 Cook, Robert, aged 64, Deputy
 Hughes, John, aged 37, Machineman
 Johnstone, Thomas, aged 39, Packer
 Masterson, William, aged 55, Overman
 McCulloch, William, aged 55, Packer
 McPherson, Hugh, aged 43, Machineman
 Pietrik, Bernard, aged 32, Beltman
 Scott, David, aged 53, Developer
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 32 years old ; Oldest: 64 ; Average: 47
 
Injured
 Condie, Robert, aged 42, Brusher
 Fitzsimmons, Samuel, aged 49, Prop Drawer
 Fleetham, William, aged 35, Back Brusher
 Hutchinson, James, aged 49, Brusher
 McAughey, William, aged 58, Repairer
 McGuiness, Robert, aged 21, Brusher
 Monaghan, William, aged 20, Back Brusher
 Nitch, Jan, aged 35, Brusher
 Rowley, John, aged 49, Haulage Operator
 Smith, David, aged 35, Brusher
 Smith, Robert, aged 53, Deputy

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