Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	11th May 1910
Colliery:	Wellington Pit
Cause:	Underground fire and explosion of firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp
Lives Lost:	137

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

Photograph(s) of the memorial for this disaster are shown in the Memorials section

	Anderson, John, aged 23, Drifter, married, address: 74, Ginns
	Armstrong, George, Hewer, married, address: 7, High Row Hensingham
	Armstrong, John, Hewer, married, address: 61, Newton
	Bell, William Chris, aged 30, Hewer, married, address: Dixon Square, Ginns
	Benson, William, aged 51, Hewer, married, address: 44, Front Row, Newhouses
	Benson, William, aged 33, Hewer, married, address: 19, Court, Sandhills Lane
	Boyd, George, aged 21, Bogie Hand, single, address: 58, Front Row, Newhouses
	Branch, Daniel, aged 21, Hewer, single, address: 18, Mid Street, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	Brannon, George, aged 49, Hewer, married, address: 87, Mount Pleasant
	Brannon, John, aged 22, Hewer, married, address: 74, Back Row, Newhouses
	Brannon, Thomas, aged 25, Hewer, married, address: 13, Mount Pleasant
	Brocklebank, Alfred, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 24, Court 2, George Street
	Butler, Edward, aged 36, Hewer, married, address: Rose bank, Hensingham
	Butler, Joseph, aged 26, Hewer, married, address: 84, Queen Street
	Conner, John, aged 43, Hewer, married, address: 6, Nicholson's Lane
	Conner, Patrick, aged 21, Hewer, married, address: 23, West Strand
	Cooper, Richard, aged 22, Shiftsman, single, address: 23, Brackenthwaite
	Cooper, Robert, Rope Splicer, married, address: 69, Newtown
	Corkhill, Anthony, aged 29, Hewer, married, address: 104, Queen Street
	Cowie, Benjamin, aged 28, Overman, married, address: 24, Ginns
	Davy, John, aged 20, Brake Hand, single, address: 74, Strand Street
	Denver, Edward, aged 20, Shifthand, single, address: 33, Newtown
	Dunn, John William, aged 21, Hewer, single, address: 81, Castle Row
	Elliot, William, aged 39, Hewer, married, address: 22, Gore's Buildings
	Farrah, Joseph, aged 23, Hewer, single, address: 27, North Row, Kells
	Ferryman, James, aged 17, Lockshop, single, address: 10, Mid Street, Kells
	Fidler, Joseph, aged 42, Hewer, married, address: 1, South Row, Kells
	Finn, John Arthur, aged 41, Hewer, married, address: 60, Peter Street
	Fisher, Mark, aged 36, Hewer, married, address: 10A, Howgill Street
	Garroway, Alex, aged 37, Hewer, married, address: 7, Gore's Buildings
	Garroway, John, aged 32, Hewer, married, address: Tangier Street
	Garroway, Robert, aged 15, Lamp Carrier, single, address: 36, Ginns
	Glaister, Jacob, aged 33, Hewer, married, address: 66, Back Row, Newhouses
	Glave, Henry, aged 35, Hewer, single, address: 88, Castle Row
	Greenan, Peter, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 32, Quay Street
	Gregg, Alexander, aged 36, Hewer, married, address: 22, Sandhills Lane
	Harrison, Henry, aged 39, Hewer, married, address: 39, Front Row, Newhouses
	Harrison, John, aged 41, Hewer, married, address: 56, Back Row, Newhouses
	Henderson, William, aged 36, Hewer, married, address: 27, Mid Street, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	Heslop, Christopher F., aged 30, Hewer, married, address: 30, New Street
	Heslop, John William, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 1, Cunnings Lane
	Heslop, Joseph, aged 28, Hewer, married, address: 84, Newtown
	Hutchinson, John, aged 51, Hewer, married, address: 27, North Row, Kells
	Irving, James, aged 21, Shiftsman, single, address: 43, Castle Row
	Irving, William, Hewer
	Johnstone, Robert, aged 41, Hewer, married, address: 24, Back Row, Newhouses
	Joyce, John, aged 35, Hewer, married, address: 28, South Row, Kells
	Joyce, Thomas, aged 33, Hewer, married, address: 1, Harris Green
	Kelly, William John, aged 29, Hewer, married, address: Braggs Court, Marlborough
	Kenmore, Thomas, aged 27, Hewer, married, address: 3, Rosemary Lane
	Kennedy, James, aged 27, Drifter, single, address: 62, Grey Street, Workington
	Lewthwaite, Dan, aged 27, Hewer, married, address: 55, Main St, Hensingham
	Lucas, John Dalton, aged 34, Junction Hand, single, address: 39, Lowther Row, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	Lucas, John James, aged 52, Hewer, married, address: 54, Back Row, Newhouses
	Lynn, Edward, aged 26, Shiftsman, single, address: Braggs Court, Marlborough
	McAllister, Edward, aged 23, Drifter, married, address: 108, Castle Row
	McAllister, Henry, aged 22, Brake Hand, single, address: 58, Front Row, Newhouses
	McAllister, Hugh, aged 49, Joiner, married, address: 5, South Row, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	McAllister, James, aged 17, Shiftsman, single, address: 63, Ginns
	McAllister, John, aged 16, Shiftsman, single, address: 63, Ginns
	McAllister, John, aged 21, Hewer, married, address: 7, Quinns Square, Preston St
	McAllister, Thomas, aged 44, Drifter, married, address: 63, Ginns
	McBain, James, aged 35, Hewer, married, address: 16, Mount Pleasant
	McClusky, Henry (Jnr), aged 26, Hewer, married, address: Reed's Court, Scotch Street
	McClusky, Henry (Snr), aged 55, Hewer, married, address: 16, Dickinsons Court
	McClusky, James, aged 21, Hewer, married, address: Reed's Court, Scotch Street
	McCormick, James (Jnr), aged 15, Lamp Carrier, single, address: 98, Castle Rowс
	McCormick, James (Snr), aged 58, Shiftsman, married, address: 98, Castle Row
	McCourt, James, aged 36, Hewer, married, address: 25, Mid Street, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	McCourt, Robert, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 17, Mid Street, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	McCourt, Thomas, aged 29, Junction Hand, single, address: 61, Castle Row
	McCourt, Thomas, aged 29, Hewer, married, address: 4, Mid Street, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	McCumisky, George, aged 36, Hewer, married, address: 18, James Place
	McCumisky, Michael, aged 41, Hewer, married, address: 3, Front Row, Newhouses
	McGarry, James, aged 44, Hewer, married, address: 18, Castle Row
	McGarry, John, aged 27, Hewer, single, address: 68, Back Row, Newhouses
	McGarry, Thomas, aged 31, Hewer, married, address: 17, Granby Terrace
	McGee, James, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 7, Dickinsons Court
	McLaughlin, Alex D., aged 16, Lamp Carrier, single, address: 54, Ginns
	McMullen, James, aged 44, Hewer, married, address: 23, Quay Street
	McQuillam, Joseph, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 40, Back Row, Newhouses
	Mitchell, William, aged 25, Brake Hand, single, address: 5, Barker's Court, Tangier St
	Moore, Henry, aged 45, Hewer, married, address: 2, Senhouse Street
	Moore, James, aged 31, Hewer, married, address: 6, Dixon's Place, Michael St
	Mossop, Joseph, aged 22, Shiftsman, single, address: 89, Duke Street
	Mullholland, William, Shift Hand, married, address: 45, Back Row, Newhouses
	Mullings, John, aged 23, Bogie Hand, single, address: 51, Lowther Row
	Nicholson, Edward, aged 34, Hewer, married, address: 21, Schoolhouse Lane
	O'Conner, James, aged 25, Braker, married, address: 1, Winter's Buildings, Ginns
	O'Fee, Edward, aged 35, Hewer, married, address: 72, Back Row, Newhouses
	O'Hara, Thomas, aged 16, Bogie Hand, single, address: 19, Mid Street, Kells, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	O'Hara, William John, aged 26, Hewer, married, address: 78, Court, Low Church St, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	O'Neill, Thomas, aged 38, Junction Hand, married, address: Low Church Street
	O'Pray, Henry, aged 20, Bogie Hand, single, address: 7, Back Ginns
	O'Pray, Joseph, Bogie Hand, single
	O'Pray, William, aged 35, Hewer, married, address: 5, Front Row, Newhouses
	Reid, John (Jnr), aged 26, Hewer, married, address: 4, Marlborough Street
	Reid, John (Snr), aged 47, Hewer, married, address: 28, Chapel Street
	Reid, Joseph, aged 55, Hewer, married, address: 8, North Row, Kells
	Reid, Joseph, aged 25, Hewer, married, address: 4, Birketts Court, Irish St
	Reid, Thomas, aged 23, Hewer, married, address: 2, Littledale Lane
	Riley, James, aged 31, Hewer, single, address: 129, Court 1, Queens St
	Ritson, George M.(Jnr), aged 15, Lamp Carrier, single, address: 32, Ginns
	Ritson, George M.(Snr), aged 47, Joiner, married, address: 32, Ginns
	Robertson, William H., aged 25, Joiner, married, address: 21, Plumblands Lane
	Rogan, Henry, aged 16, Lamp Carrier, single, address: 27, Back Row, Newhouses
	Roney, James, aged 46, Hewer, married, address: 3, Walkers Court, Newton
	Smith, George, aged 38, Hewer, married, address: 7, Ellinson's Place
	Smith, James, aged 18, Bogie Hand, single, address: 7, Ellinson's Place
	Smith, Robert, aged 18, Shiftsman, single, address: 11, Dixon's Square, Ginns
	Southward, James, aged 18, Bogie Hand, single, address: 69, Back Row, Newhouses
	Stephenson, Fred, aged 32, Hewer, married, address: 20, George Street
	Stephenson, Joseph, aged 32, Hewer, married, address: 2, Barker's Court, Tangier St
	Taggert, James M., aged 28, Hewer, married, address: 18A, Schoolhouse Lane
	Taggert, John B., aged 39, Hewer, single, address: 4, Arrowthwaite, Kells
	Taylor, James, aged 31, Bogie Hand, single, address: 32, Newtown, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	Tinnion, Andrew, aged 29, Shiftsman, single, address: 26, Front Row, Newhouses
	Todhunter, William, aged 33, Hewer, married, address: 16, Gore's Buildings
	Toner, Edward, aged 18, Shifthand, single, address: 61, High Queen Street
	Trainor, Arthur, aged 33, Hewer, single, address: 9, West Strand
	Usher, Johnathen, aged 33, Hewer, married, address: 3, Peet's Place
	Vaughan, John James, aged 23, Hewer, married, address: 7 Quinns Terrace, Charles St
	Vaughan, Joseph, Hewer, married
	Walker, Joseph Henry, Shift hand, married, address: 41, Lowther Row, Ginns
	Walker, Ralph, aged 44, Hewer, married, address: 81, Castle Row
	Walker, Willam, aged 32, Hewer, married, address: 5, Howgill Street
	Walker, William (Jnr), aged 18, Shiftsman, single, address: 2, Castle Row
	Walker, William (Snr), aged 57, Shiftsman, married, address: 2, Castle Row
	Wear, Robert, aged 21, Hewer, single, address: 44, Lowther Street
	Welsh, Isaac, aged 20, Tail Rope Att, single, address: 7, Back Row, Newhouses
	Welsh, Matthew, aged 17, Lamp Carrier, single, address: 7, Back Row, Newhouses
	Wilson, Jonathan, Bogie Hand, married
	Wilson, William, aged 21, Bogie Hand, single, address: 96, Castle Row
	Wren, Isaac, aged 50, Joiner, married, address: 25, Front Row, Newhouses
	Wren, John, aged 37, Hewer, married, address: 19, Ginns, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
	Wren, Thomas, aged 20, Joiner, single, address: 25, Front Row, Newhouses
	Wright, John, Junction Hand, single, address: Irish Street
	All names found
	Youngest: 15 years old ; Oldest: 58 ; Average: 31

13 May 1910	Colliery Disaster, Many Miners Entombed (The Times)
14 May 1910	The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster, Rescue Measures Abandoned (The Times)
16 May 1910	The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster, Royal Sympathy And Donations (The Times)
17 May 1910	The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster (The Times)
18 May 1910	The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster, Experts' Conference (The Times)
19 May 1910	The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster, The Mayor's Fund (The Times)
23 May 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Mayor's Relief Fund (The Times)
24 May 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
27 May 1910	Whitehaven Colliery Disaster (The Times)
28 May 1910	The Whitehaven Disaster (The Times)
07 Jun 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
10 Jun 1910	Mr. Keir Hardie And The Whitehaven Disaster (The Times)
13 Jun 1910	The Whitehaven Disaster (The Times)
23 Jun 1910	Whitehaven Pit Accident (The Times)
22 Jul 1910	Award of Edward Medals (London Gazette)
05 Aug 1910	Award of Edward Medals (London Gazette)
24 Aug 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
20 Sep 1910	The Whitehaven Colliery Accident (The Times)
26 Sep 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
27 Sep 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
28 Sep 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Finding Of Bodies (The Times)
29 Sep 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
30 Sep 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Fifty Bodies Found (The Times)
01 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, More Bodies Discovered (The Times)
03 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
04 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
05 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
06 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
07 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
08 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
10 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Disaster, Identification Of The Bodies (The Times)
12 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
13 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
15 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Supposed Cause (The Times)
17 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
19 Oct 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
16 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Official Inquiry Opened (The Times)
17 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
18 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
19 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
22 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
23 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
30 Nov 1910	The Whitehaven Disaster (The Times)
01 Dec 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
02 Dec 1910	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster (The Times)
03 Dec 1910	Verdict On Whitehaven Disaster, Officials Absolved From Blame (The Times)
14 Feb 1911	Award of Edward Medals (London Gazette)
17 Feb 1911	The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Home Office Criticism (The Times)
03 Mar 1911	The Whitehaven Disaster, Report Of Miners Representatives (The Times)

• Mines Inspectors Report into the 1910 Explosion (Cd 5524)

 

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