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Fair Lady Pit Explosion 1880
On the day of the explosion, seventy-seven men and boys went down to begin work in the morning; the fireman, William Burgess, was among them, and Mr. Greener, the manager, with his son, who was an “onlooker”, The explosion of gas occurred at half-past eight in the mornin with devastating effect.
Those Who Died
| BAILEY Isaac |
| BEESLEY James |
| BOLTON George |
| BOULTON John |
| BROOKSHAW Thomas |
| BURGESS Jabez |
| BURGESS William |
| CARTLEDGE Horatio |
| CLEWS George |
| CROSS Thomas |
| DARLINGTON Henry |
| DARLINGTON Thomas |
| DAVIS John (Cross) |
| DEAN Thomas |
| DIXON George |
| EDWARDS Thomas |
| EVANS John |
| EYSLEY John |
| FERNIOUGH Henry |
| GREENER George |
| GREENER H.R. |
| GROCOTT Henry |
| HALL John |
| HARRISON Benjamin |
| HEYWOOD Joseph |
| HIGHFIELD Joseph |
| HUTCHINSON Patsy |
| HUXLEY William |
| JAMES John |
| JENKINSON Richard |
| JERVIS Fred |
| JOHNSON Isaac |
| KNAPPER Levi |
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| KYNERTON John |
| LAMBSDALE Samuel |
| LAWTON John |
| LEAR Richard |
| LEAR William |
| LOUNDES Alfred |
| MADDERS Thomas |
| MAYER Thomas |
| MORRIS John |
| PARRY Edward |
| PICKERING William |
| ROWLEY George |
| SALISBURY John |
| SALMON George |
| SALMON Jesse |
| SCOTT James |
| SMALLWOOD Andrew |
| TESTALL John |
| THORLEY George |
| THORNTON Edward |
| TOMKINSON George |
| TURNCOCK John |
| TURNER Thomas |
| VIGGARS Edward |
| VIGGARS Fred |
| VIGGERS Joseph |
| WALKER Herbert |
| WEBB James - Collier |
| WHALING James |
| WILLIAMS John T. |
| WINKLE William |
| YARDLEY William |
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