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Date:  11th June 1948
Colliery:  Sherburn Hill
Cause:  Explosion
Lives Lost:  4

Fatalities

  

Brown, Robert, aged 47, Cutter, explosion

  

Cowan, Hugh, aged 63, Cutter, explosion

 

Hodgson, Frederick, aged 40, Shot Firer, explosion, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn

  

Philipson, Thomas L., aged 36, Cutter, explosion

 
All names found
 

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.


Newspaper Articles

Jun 1948  Sherburn Hill Miners were "Accidentally Poisoned", No contraband found in pit or on men (Newspaper Cutting)
Jun 1948  Cause of Sherburn Hill Pit Explosion a mystery, No gas at pre-accident examination, says deputy (Newspaper Cutting)
12 Jun 1948  Four Miners Killed (The Times)
12 Jun 1948  Three dead, one missing in pit fire, Sherburn Hill Accident, Fight against fumes (Northern Echo)

 

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