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Disasters - Names |
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Disasters - Names |
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| Date: | 10th May 1897 |
| Colliery: | Snaefell |
| Cause: | Underground fire, caused by naked light igniting timber |
| Lives Lost: | 20 |
| | Callan, Sandy, aged 24, Waggoner, found lying on platform |
| | Callow, William, aged 29, Miner, found lying on platform |
| | Cannell, Robert, aged 41, Waggoner, found in a sitting position near "hanging wall" |
| | Christian, Frank, aged 30, Waggoner, found lying on platform |
| | Christian, Walter, aged 21, Labourer, found lying on platform |
| | Christian, William, aged 26, Labourer, found lying on platform, he had fallen off the ladder |
| | Corkhill, James Henry, aged 44, Miner, rescued alive |
| | Fayle, John, aged 40, Waggoner, found lying on platform |
| | Kelly, Robert, aged 20, Labourer, found lying in the level, body recovered on the 7th June |
| | Kewin, John Robert, aged 28, Labourer, found sitting on the platform with his legs through the manhole |
| | Kewin, William, aged 24, Labourer, found lying on platform |
| | Kewley, Edward, aged 22, Labourer, found lying on platform |
| | Kewley, John, aged 32, Kibble-filler, found lying on platform |
| | Kinrade, Edward, aged 27, Labourer, found lying on platform |
| | Kinrade, Louis, aged 24, Miner, found lying on platform close to "hanging wall" |
| | Lewney, Robert, aged 24, Labourer, found lying on platform, he had fallen off ladder and bled a good deal |
| | Moughtin, Joseph, aged 28, Miner, found lying on platform, he had fallen off the ladder |
| | Oliver, John, aged 57, Miner, found in the manhole with his arm over one of the rungs of the ladder |
| | Oliver, John James, aged 22, Labourer, found in manhole with one foot on the ladder and the other on the platform |
| | Senogles, William, aged 46, Miner, found clinging to the ladder, with one foot on a rung, and the other on the platform |
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All names found |
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Youngest: 20 years old ; Oldest: 57 ; Average: 30 |
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