| Disasters - Names |
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| Date: | 21st March 1973 |
| Colliery: | Lofthouse |
| Cause: | Inrush of water from old workings |
| Lives Lost: | 7 |
| Armitage, Frederick William, aged 41, Face Worker | |
| Barnaby, Colin, aged 36, Face Worker | |
| Billingham, Frank, aged 48, Face Worker | |
| Brown, Sydney, aged 36, Face Worker | |
| Cotton, Charles, aged 49, Face Worker | |
| Finnegan, Edward, aged 40, Deputy | |
| Haigh, Alan, aged 30, Face Worker | |
All names found | |
Youngest: 30 years old ; Oldest: 49 ; Average: 40 | |
Witnesses at the Inquiry | |
| Asquith, A., Farmer | |
| Barrett, P., Tail Gate Shotfirer | |
| Bown, V., Area Chief Surveyor and Minerals Manager | |
| Cave, W. C., Permanent Brigade Member Wakefield Rescue Station | |
| Clamp, R., Surveyor (Abandoned Mines Record Office) | |
| Connell, J. R., Captain Ledston Luck Colliery Rescue Team | |
| Cotton, T., Main Gate Ripper | |
| Coxon, J., Area Chief Scientist | |
| Craner, J., Superintendent Hednesford Mines Rescue Station | |
| Dalby, J. H., Colliery Electrical Engineer | |
| Denton, T., Electrician | |
| Ditchfield, R., Manager Mines Drainage Unit | |
| Dobson, W., Civil Engineering Assistant | |
| Donnelly, T., Production Manager | |
| Firth, G., Face Worker | |
| Firth, M., Face Worker | |
| Forrest, W., Area Chief Mining Engineer | |
| Francis, E. H., Assistant Director Institute of Geological Sciences, Leeds | |
| Furniss, K., Night Shift Overman | |
| Gibson, W., Methane Drainage Borer | |
| Goodchild, J. F., Curator of Cusworth Museum, Doncaster | |
| Haigh, S., Development Supervisor, Lofthouse Colliery | |
| Hollis, R. P., Deputy Chief Mining Engineer (Planning and Surveying) | |
| Hoole, B., Captain Lofthouse Colliery No. 2 Rescue Team | |
| Horsefield, P., Captain Walton Colliery Rescue Team | |
| Howell, M. I., Technical Managing Director Electrolocation Limited | |
| Killen, T., Deputy | |
| Kus, B., Face Worker | |
| Mapplebeck, T., Production Manager | |
| McCann, D. M., Principal Scientific Officer Institute of Geological Sciences Engineering Geology Unit London | |
| McWalters, G., Senior Overman | |
| Mills, L. J., Area Director Doncaster Area National Coal Board | |
| Nicholls, R., Captain Glasshoughton Colliery Rescue Team | |
| Oldroyd, B., Overman | |
| Oliver, A., H.M. Electrical Inspector of Mines and Quarries | |
| Oliver, J., Under Manager | |
| Radcliffe, E. R., Senior Surveyor | |
| Ramsden, R., Mines Drainage Surveyor | |
| Rees, M., Member of Parliament for South Leeds | |
| Richardson, C., Senior Surveyor | |
| Robinson, R., Chock Maintenance Man | |
| Roebuck, B., Physicist Safety in Mines Research Establishment | |
| Rollinson, A., Assistant Superintendent Doncaster Mines Rescue Station | |
| Rose, A., Tail Gate Shotfirer | |
| Rose, W. L., Consultant Pathologist | |
| Round, W. J., Captain Savile Colliery Rescue Team | |
| Senior, G. S., Mining Engineer West Riding County Council | |
| Shaw, D., Main Gate Ripper | |
| Smith, J., Area Chief Engineer | |
| Sowerby, J., Tail Gate Ripper | |
| Sparkes, R., Overman | |
| Stead, R. E., Farmer | |
| Stone, K., Fitter | |
| Stubley, W. D., Face Worker | |
| Swinden, R., Solicitor’s Managing Clerk | |
| Taylor, S. C., Tandem Belt Attendant | |
| Thackray, A., Power Loader Operator | |
| Williams, R., H.M. Inspector of Mines and Quarries | |
| Willoughby, J., Main Gate Shotfirer | |
| Wood, P., Colliery Surveyor | |
| Wright, T., Area Director North Yorkshire Area National Coal Board |
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