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  Disasters - Names Disasters - Names  
Date:  29th January 1931
Colliery:  Haig Pit
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing
Lives Lost:  27

Description

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


Fatalities

  

Armstrong, Fred, aged 37, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: 91, Buttermere Ave

  

Bailey, John (Jnr), aged 21, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: 9, York Road, Kells

  

Cockbain, Edward, aged 40, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 8, Ennerdale Terrace

  

Cowen, William, aged 47, Deputy, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Countess Terrace, Bransty

  

Gainford, Joseph Henry, aged 18, Engine Driver, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: 28, Hill Top Road, Kells

  

Groggins, Robert, aged 23, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: 25, Mount Pleasant

  

Hayton, Richard, aged 29, Shift Hand, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Front Row, Newhouses

  

Hewitson, Robert, aged 22, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: 56, Buttermere Ave

  

Hocking, Wilfred, aged 24, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: High Harras Moor

  

Holliday, John, aged 50, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 26, Main St, Parton

  

Kelly, Joseph, aged 51, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: The Bungalow, Low Rd

  

Knox, James, aged 43, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 31, Old Arrowthwaite

  

Parker, George (Jnr), aged 31, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: Middle Row, Newhouses

  

Parker, George (Snr), aged 58, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, widower, address: Middle Row, Newhouses

  

Parkin, Robert, aged 53, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 68, High Scotch Street

  

Quirk, Thomas, aged 59, Timberman, body found in Wellington Pit, widower, address: 8, Littledale Lane

  

Richardson, James (Snr), aged 45, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Union Terrace

  

Richardson, John (Jnr), aged 21, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, single, address: Union Terrace

  

Rogan, John Thomas, aged 22, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Thwaiteville, Kells

  

Rogan, Joseph (Snr), aged 49, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Thwaiteville, Kells

  

Ruddy, John, aged 58, Deputy, body found in Wellington Pit, married, address: 65, Hill Top, Kells

  

Slack, John Edward, aged 30, Stoneman, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 53, Ennerdale Terrace

  

Smith, Joseph, aged 27, brought out alive but died in Hospital, single, address: East Road, Kells

  

Storey, Matthew, aged 28, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 16, George Street

  

Telford, John, aged 33, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Middle Row, Newhouses

  

Vincent, Robert, aged 50, Deputy, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Hill Top Road, Kells

  

Wilkinson, William, aged 24, Hewer, body found in Haig Pit, married, address: 4, Plumblands Lane

 
All names found
 
Youngest: 18 years old ; Oldest: 59 ; Average: 37

Newspaper Articles

30 Jan 1931  Pit Disaster, An Explosion At Whitehaven, Thirty-Five Men Missing (The Times)
11 Apr 1931  Ireby Effort for Haig Pit Fund (West Cumberland Times)

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