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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  19th April 1882
Colliery:  West Stanley
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp
Lives Lost:  13

Description

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

See also: N1882-93


Fatalities

  

Clark, J. S.

  

Clark, John

  

Coulson, Thomas J., Back Overman

 

Curry, Thomas Hepple, aged 30, Deputy, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley

  

Douglas, John

  

Hunter, Robert, Master Shifter

  

Hutchinson, Robert

  

Johnson, Thomas

  

McCabe, James

  

Riley, W. J.

  

Turner, Henry

  

Turner, William

  

Westgarth, John

 
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

20 Apr 1882  Fatal Colliery Explosions (The Times)
18 Aug 1882  The West Stanley Colliery Explosion (The 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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