In Memory
Shaft accident, overwind, caused by failure of mechanical break of winding engine.
18 Lives Lost
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Birkin, Joseph , aged 60, Face Worker |
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Briggs, Clarence , aged 52, Deputy |
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Brocklehurst, Joseph William , aged 58, Deputy |
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Brooks, Clifford , aged 58, Deputy |
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Chapman, Henry , aged 48, Deputy |
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Cooper, Gordon Richard , aged 30, Development Worker |
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Eyre, George , aged 60, Gearhead Attendant |
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Kilroy, Michael , aged 53, Development Worker |
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Kiminsky, Jan , aged 58, Development Worker |
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Plewinsky, Lucjam , aged 59, General Worker |
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Reddish, Frederick , aged 53, Development Worker |
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Rodgers, Wilfred , aged 59, Face Worker |
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Sissons, Charles Leonard , aged 43, Road Repairer |
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Stone, Frank , aged 53, Road Repairer |
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Turner, Charles Richard , aged 60, Deputy |
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Tyler, Albert , aged 64, Back Repairer |
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White, Alfred , aged 57, Deputy |
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Yates, William , aged 62, Development Worker |
Seriously Injured
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Dennis Brothwell, aged 44, Development Worker |
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Frank Cowley, aged 43, Development Worker |
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Malcolm Joseph Cowley, aged 29, Development Worker |
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James Reddish, aged 25, Development Worker |
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Graham Richardson, aged 34, Heavy Supplies Worker |
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George Denis Stone, aged 41, Overman |
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Harry Taylor, aged 47, Development Worker |
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Terence Thornley, aged 18, Face Trainee |
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Terence Graham Vaughan, aged 38 Development Worker |
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William Henry Watson, aged 47, Face Worker |
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Richard Wrobels, aged 44, Face Worker |
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Seriously Injured In The Rescue Operation |
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John Maxwell, aged 35, Reserve Face Worker |
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