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| | Individual Details | | Individual Details | | | ---------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------- | | | | | | |

Age: 50
Died: 3rd Jun 1941
Accident: 3rd Jun 1941 2:15 PM
Year Born: abt. 1891
Colliery: Whitehaven, William Pit
Company: Cumberland Coal Co. (Whitehaven) Ltd.
Occupation: Junction Hand
Notes: killed in the 1941 explosion (explosion of gas produced by chemical action between water and burning carbon)
Buried: [not known]
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Related Articles
Pub.Date Article (Newspaper)
04 Jun 1941 Whitehaven Pit Explosion, Nine Dead And Three Missing (The Times)
14 Jun 1941 Whitehaven Collieries Explosion (The Science and Art of Mining)
28 Jun 1941 William Pit Inquiry (The Science and Art of Mining)
12 Jul 1941 Duke At Haig Pit (The Science and Art of Mining)
09 Aug 1941 Whitehaven Colliery Inquiry (The Science and Art of Mining)
11 Jul 1942 The Whitehaven Explosion, Two Unusual Features (The Science and Art of Mining)
25 Jul 1942 Explosion At The William Pit (The Science and Art of Mining)
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