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| Date: | 12th June 1975 |
| Colliery: | Houghton Main |
| Cause: | Explosion of firedamp |
| Lives Lost: | 5 |
Description
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.
| Baker, Leonard, aged 53, Electrician | |
| Bannister, Richard, aged 31, Pumpsman | |
| Copperwheat, Raymond, aged 42, Electrician | |
| Lakin, Irvin, aged 55, Deputy | |
| Williamson, Frederick Arnold, aged 59, Deputy | |
All names found | |
Witnesses at the Inquiry | |
| Adams, K., Shift Charge Mechanical Engineer | |
| Adams, V. G., Shift Charge Mechanical Engineer | |
| Ashton, K., Rescue Man | |
| Askin, S., Acting Seam Overman | |
| Auckland, G., Stone Dust Barrier Deputy | |
| Austin, S., Mechanic | |
| Baker, A. R., Senior Principal Scientific Officer Safety in Mines Research Establishment | |
| Barton, A., Shift Charge Fitter | |
| Beckett, M., Shift Charge Electrician | |
| Bradley, B. D., Undermanager | |
| Briggs, R. L., Shift Charge Mechanical Engineer | |
| Buckley, R., Market Face Worker | |
| Burgoyne, J. H., Consulting Engineer | |
| Bush, G. E., Shift Charge Electrical Engineer | |
| Butler, R., Head of Testing Division, Mining Research and Development Establishment | |
| Cant, R., Colliery Surveyor | |
| Carr, G. A., Deputy Electrical Engineer | |
| Carver, E., Air Measurer | |
| Chamberlain, E. A. C., Director of Scientific Control, National Coal Board | |
| Cieslik, M., Electrician | |
| Cobb, K., Shift Charge Electrical Engineer | |
| Cook, R., Rescue Man | |
| Craven, J. R., Overman | |
| Denbon, A. W., Engineering Manager, Carter Howden Ltd | |
| Ellison, T. V. H., Rescue Man | |
| Elvin, D., Rescue Man | |
| Fee, B., Assistant Rescue Superintendent | |
| Fellows, K., Rescue Man | |
| Fox, L., Deputy Manager | |
| George, A., Electrician | |
| Goldthorpe, A., Development Worker | |
| Halstead, D. S., Deputy Mechanical Engineer | |
| Hays, T., Gate End Supervisor | |
| Hirst, M., Rescue Man | |
| Hopkinson, M., Rescue Man | |
| Hoyle, J. G., Photographer | |
| Ibbotson, A., Development Worker | |
| Johnson, F., Control Room Deputy | |
| Johnston, A. G., HM District Inspector of Mines and Quarries | |
| Jones, M. B., HM District Inspector of Mines and Quarries | |
| Law, W., Colliery Ventilation Engineer | |
| Lee, I. T., Deputy | |
| Markham, C., Deputy | |
| Martin, I., Seam Overman | |
| McQuillan, J., Rescue Man | |
| Morris, W. A., Area Ventilation Engineer | |
| Musgrave, C., Acting Overman | |
| Norman, A., Gate-end Supervisor | |
| Nuttall, F., Haulage Hand | |
| Orton, G., Overman | |
| Padgett, J. J., Safety Officer | |
| Pearson, J., Manrider Guard | |
| Rich, G. A., Safety Engineer | |
| Rowland, J., Dust Sampler | |
| Scott, G. A., Colliery Mechanical Engineer | |
| Shaw, S., Plant Records Clerk | |
| Shepherd, C., Area Chief Mining Engineer | |
| Sidebottom, R., Undermanager | |
| Smith, A., Workshops Mechanical Inspector | |
| Smith, J., Rescue Man | |
| Smith, J., Overman | |
| Smith, J. B., Shift Charge Fitter | |
| Stables, R. C., Area Chief Surveyor and Minerals Manager | |
| Swift, R. A., Chief Ventilation Engineer, National Coal Board | |
| Tuke, A. W., Deputy Director Mining | |
| Turner, A., Colliery Electrical Engineer | |
| Turton, A., Gate-end Supervisor | |
| Upperdine, K., Fitter | |
| Usher, A., Pathologist | |
| Walker, R., Rescue Man | |
| Weighand, P. M., Rescue Man | |
| West, P., Rescue Man | |
| Whittle, J., Rescue Man | |
| Widdowson, H., Colliery General Manager | |
| Wilkinson, C., Transfer Point Attendant | |
| Wilks, F., Rescue Man | |
| Williams, D. A., Deputy Electrical Engineer | |
| Woodcock, F., Market Face Worker | |
| Woodward, D., Shearer Operator | |
| Wright, C., Deputy | |
| Wright, O., Rescue Station Superintendent |
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 | The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website. |
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