Whitehaven "William"
Colliery, Cumberland
Final Report
On the Causes of, and Circumstances attending, the
Explosion which occurred at Whitehaven "William"
Colliery, Cumberland, on the 15th August 1947
BY A. M. Bryan, J.P., B.Sc., F.R.S.E.
H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines
Presented by the Minister of Fuel and Power to Parliament
by Command of His Majesty
June 1948