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| Date: | 15th August 1947 |
| Colliery: | Whitehaven, William Pit |
| Cause: | Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing in waste |
| Lives Lost: | 104 |
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
| | Agnew, Andrew, aged 36, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 17, Todhunters Building, Queen Street |
| | Allan, Harry Trohear, aged 39, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 45, Hill Top road, Arrowthwaite, Kells |
| | Allan, John Douglas, aged 59, Contractor, married 1 child, address: 5, Buttermere Avenue, Seacliffe |
| | Allan, Thomas, aged 33, Stoneworker, married 2 children, address: 26, Buttermere Avenue, Seacliffe |
| | Anderson, John, aged 50, Pan-Puller, married 6 children, address: 28, Buttermere Avenue, Seacliffe |
| | Atkinson, James, aged 45, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 4, Gameriggs Road, Greenbank |
| | Atkinson, Richard, aged 28, Pipe-Fitter, married, address: Lady Pit Cottages, Whitehaven |
| | Barker, Henry, aged 34, Hewer, married 5 children, address: 4, Ehen Road, Cleator Moor |
| | Barwise, James R., aged 49, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 5, Low Harras Moor, Whitehaven |
| | Bowes, James M., aged 34, Coal Cutter, married 3 children, address: 5, Garfield Place, Parton |
| | Brannon, Joseph, aged 45, Coal Cutter, married 3 children, address: 21, Greenbank Avenue, Greenbank |
| | Brannon, Thomas, aged 57, Chocker, married 4 children, address: 55, Haig Avenue, Bransty |
| | Bridges, Jacob E., aged 37, Coal Cutter, married 3 children, address: 85, Grasmere Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Byers, Hartley, aged 35, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 15, James Street, Frizington |
| | Calvin, Herbert, aged 40, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 67, Peter Street, Whitehaven |
| | Cambell, James, aged 40, Machine-Man, married 1 child, address: 81, Woodhouse Road, Woodhouse |
| | Carr, Harold John, aged 22, Shifthand, single, address: 9, Jane Street, Frizington |
| | Cartmell, Richard, aged 25, Pan-Puller, single, address: 59, Valley View Road, Greenbank |
| | Clark, William, aged 46, Brusher, married 1 child, address: 15, The Square, Parton |
| | Clifford, James, aged 26, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 72, Frizington Road, Frizington |
| | Conkey, Robert, aged 43, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 29, Smithfield, Egremont |
| | Crofts, William H., aged 42, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 111, Queen Street, Whitehaven |
| | Devlin, Samuel, aged 27, Shifthand, married 2 children, address: 9, Union Buildings, Low Road |
| | Diamond, Joseph G., aged 33, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 8, Grasmere Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Dixon, Thomas G., aged 55, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 25, Yeathouse Road, Frizington |
| | Doran, John Henry, aged 50, Brusher, married 8 children, address: 8, Low Harras Moor, Whitehaven |
| | Farrer, Wilfred, aged 34, Pan-Puller, married 2 children, address: 66, Windermere Road, Woodhouse |
| | Fisher, William, aged 39, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 12, Gores Buildings, Whitehaven |
| | Fox, Joseph, aged 37, Airways Man, single, address: 11, Woodhouse Road, Woodhouse |
| | Fox, Thomas, aged 24, Pan-Puller, single, address: 29, Bowness Road, Greenbank |
| | Garner, John N., aged 37, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 41, Frizington Road, Frizington |
| | Gibbons, James, aged 47, Brusher, single, address: 60, Seven Acres, Parton |
| | Gibson, Henry, aged 36, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 17, Foundry Road, Parton |
| | Glaister, Edward, aged 48, Brusher, married 9 children, address: 14, Windermere Road, Woodhouse |
| | Glosson, Robert M., aged 39, Pan-Puller, married 5 children, address: 67, Windermere Road, Woodhouse |
| | Grearson, Richard E., aged 46, Brusher, married 6 children, address: 173, Main Street, Parton |
| | Grearson, William F., aged 38, Brusher, married 5 children, address: 96, Main Street, Parton |
| | Hewer, Joseph W., aged 40, Deputy Overman, married, address: 18A, Seven Acres, Parton |
| | Hewer, Ronald W., aged 38, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 110, Main Street, Parton |
| | Hughes, Ronald, aged 20, Shifthand, single, address: Hospital House, Bransty |
| | Hutchinson, George, aged 44, Face Worker, married 1 child, address: 7, James Pit, Whitehaven |
| | Johnston, William, aged 27, Trainee, married 2 children, address: 43, Trumpet Road, Cleator Moor |
| | Johnstone, George, aged 41, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 38, Lakeland Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Lambert, James W., aged 36, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 1, Plumblands Lane, Whitehaven |
| | Lancaster, Thomas, aged 27, Brusher, single, address: 33, Basket Road, Arrowthwaite, Kells |
| | Lee, William H., aged 27, Brusher, married, address: 29, Aldby Street, Cleator Moor |
| | Leeson, James, aged 48, Brusher, single, address: 10, Dyke Street, Frizington |
| | Lyons, Dennis, aged 31, Pan-Puller, single, address: 4, Lakeland Avenue, Seacliffe |
| | Maddison, John H., aged 22, Hewer, married 2 children, address: 72, Fell View Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Marshall, Joseph B., aged 47, Shifthand, Widower, 2 children, address: 70, George Street, Whitehaven |
| | Martin, William, aged 32, Coal Cutter, married 2 children, address: 3, Wellington Row, Whitehaven |
| | McAllister, Edward, aged 24, Brusher, married 2 children, address: Sun Inn, Parton |
| | McAllister, Isaac, aged 55, Shifthand, married 8 children, address: 15, Benticks Row, Back Ginns |
| | McMullen, James, aged 27, Deputy, married 2 children, address: 16A, Sandhills Lane, Whitehaven |
| | McMullen, William, aged 22, Hewer, married 1 child, address: 20A, Roper Street, Whitehaven |
| | McSherry, Vincent, aged 37, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 2, Crumnock Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Milburn, John, aged 40, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 94, Grasmere Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Moore, James, aged 62, Shifthand, married, address: 96B, George Street, Whitehaven |
| | Moore, John E., aged 37, Pan-Puller, married 3 children, address: 3, John Square, Peter Street |
| | Moore, Joseph, aged 39, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 64, Seven Acres, Parton |
| | Mowat, John R., aged 26, Brusher, married 1 child, address: 3, Lowther Street, Whitehaven |
| | Murdock, Francis, aged 38, Shifthand, married 3 children, address: 11, Todhunters Buildings, Queen St |
| | Murray, James, aged 35, Pan-Puller, married 4 children, address: 22, Crumnock Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Murray, William, aged 39, Pan-Puller, married 3 children, address: 4, Ladypit Terrace, Sunny Hill |
| | Murtagh, Lawrence H.P., aged 41, Deputy, married 3 children, address: 73, Buttermere Avenue, Seacliffe |
| | Murtagh, Patrick, aged 28, Pan-Puller, married 2 children, address: Old Woodhouse, Whitehaven |
| | Musson, Richard, aged 36, Trainee, single, address: Brisco Crescent, Parton |
| | Musson, William R., aged 22, Brusher, married, address: The Rose & Thistle, West Strand |
| | Nelson, Thomas A., aged 36, Brusher, married 3 children, address: Summergrove Cottages, Hensingham |
| | Nicholson, William, aged 33, Deputy, married 1 child, address: 1, Temple Terrace, Catherine Street |
| | Norman, Joseph, aged 41, Borer, married 3 children, address: 1, The Close, Bransty |
| | O'Fee, Sydney, aged 34, Hewer, married 3 children, address: 68, Windermere Road, Woodhouse |
| | Paragreen, John A., aged 30, Engine Fitter, married, address: 9, Bransty Row, Bransty |
| | Pickering, William L., aged 24, Pan-Puller, married 1 child, address: 28, Haig Avenue, Bransty |
| | Pilkington, John, aged 32, Brusher, married 4 children, address: 5, Longmires Court, Queen Street |
| | Pilkington, Thomas, aged 27, Brusher, single, address: 60, Windermere Road, Woodhouse |
| | Pilkington, William, aged 66, Brusher, married 5 children, address: 60, Windermere Road, Woodhouse |
| | Pilkington, William, aged 51, Face Worker, married, address: 21, Woodhouse Road, Greenbank |
| | Porthouse, George, aged 58, Brusher, married, address: 16, North Road, Bransty |
| | Quirk, John, aged 38, Brusher, married 1 child, address: 23, Victoria Road, Whitehaven |
| | Raby, Adam, aged 25, Brusher, married, address: 45, Fleswick Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Ray, Edward Reuben, aged 32, Shifthand, married 1 child, address: 1, Front Row, North Side, Workington |
| | Renwick, John J., aged 39, Coal Cutter, married 2 children, address: 12, Gameriggs Road, Greenbank |
| | Richardson, Thomas, aged 42, Brusher, married, address: 150, Queen Street Whitehaven |
| | Rigg, James, aged 28, Brusher, married 1 child, address: 12, Malborough Street, Whitehaven |
| | Robbs, John, aged 56, Brusher, married 9 children, address: 6, Brayton Road, Bransty |
| | Saulters, Albert E., aged 40, Hewer, married 1 child, address: 12, Meadow View, Castle Cft, Egremont |
| | Seward, Leonard, aged 36, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 7, Pasture Road, Rowrah |
| | Shackley, Thomas J., aged 40, Pan-Puller, single, address: 75, Low Church Street, Whitehaven |
| | Shaw, Mark J., aged 45, Shifthand, married 7 children, address: 30, North Road, Bransty |
| | Shilton, Henry, aged 44, Brusher, married, address: 23, Main Street, Parton |
| | Smith, Harold, aged 41, Brusher, married, address: 31, Solway Road, Moresby Parks |
| | Smith, Thomas B., aged 62, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 2, Torentines Buildings, Tangier St |
| | Smith, Thomas T., aged 36, Brusher, married 3 children, address: 7, South Row, Kells |
| | Turner, Thomas, aged 46, Shifthand, married 1 child, address: 17, George Street, Whitehaven |
| | Tweddle, Albert, aged 41, Brusher, married, address: 6, Fleswick Avenue, Woodhouse |
| | Walby, William A., aged 46, Shifthand, married, address: The Lodge, Ewanrigg Hall, Maryport |
| | Walker, Ralph, aged 34, Shifthand, married 2 children, address: 15, Valley View Road, Greenbank |
| | Williamson, William, aged 27, Brusher, married 1 child, address: 14, Hilton Terrace, Whitehaven |
| | Wilson, George H., aged 29, Shifthand, married 1 child, address: Douglas Burn, Market Place |
| | Wilson, Joseph, aged 37, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 72, Valley View Road, Greenbank |
| | Wilson, Matthew, aged 45, Deputy, single, address: 27, South Row, Kells |
| | Woodend, Thomas, aged 64, Shifthand, married, address: 11, South View Road, Bransty |
| | Wylie, Walter, aged 36, Brusher, married 2 children, address: 36, Fell View Avenue, Woodhouse |
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Youngest: 20 years old ; Oldest: 66 ; Average: 38 |
| 18 Aug 1947 | 104 Lost in Pit Disaster, Only 13 Survivors at Whitehaven, Three Escape Along Wrecked Roads (The Times) |
| 18 Aug 1947 | Letter to the Editor, Whitehaven Disaster (The Times) |
| 08 Oct 1947 | Whitehaven Explosion Inquiry (The Times) |
| 24 Oct 1947 | Cause Of Mine Disaster, Warning To Other Pits (The Times) |
| 12 Jan 1948 | Letters to the Editor, Whitehaven Disaster (The Times) |
| 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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