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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  6th December 1920
Colliery:  Wellington Pit
Cause:  Explosion of firedamp
Lives Lost:  3

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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this accident is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.


Fatalities

  

Ashbridge, John, aged 28, explosion of fire damp

  

Corkish, William, aged 30, explosion of fire damp

  

O'Connor, James, aged 29, explosion of fire damp

 
All names found

Newspaper Articles

08 Dec 1920  Deplorable Colliery Accident at Whitehaven, Three Men Killed and Two Injured, Sad Fate of D.C.M. (West Cumberland Times)

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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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