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Date: 26th March 1861
Colliery: Whitehaven, Croft Pit
Company:
Cause: Explosion
Lives Lost: 2
Category:
Fatalities
Individual pageWCMRG Little, James, explosion of gas
Individual pageWCMRG Shepherd, Joseph, explosion of gas
All names found
Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with image.
Newspaper Articles
28 Mar 1861 Accident By An Explosion Of Fire Damp In Croft Pit, Whitehaven (Whitehaven News)
18 Apr 1861 The Late Explosion In Croft Pit (Ulverston Advertiser)

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