Those Who Died

Of the 145 persons who went down the mine only 2 survive and the total death toll was 344.

Those recovered on 24th December, 1910 (Continued)

• John Flood aged 27 c/o. Mrs Doxey, 685, Manchester Road, Westhoughton who had no relatives
• Walter Leigh aged 21 of 2, Howarth Street, Westhoughton
• James Hodkiss aged 31 of 670, Manchester Road, Westhoughton, married with a two year old child
• George Sharples of 145, Chorley Road, Westhoughton, married with a 6 year old child
• Herbert Vickers aged 22 of 8, Good Ladies, Westhoughton
• James Price aged 42 c/o. Mrs. McGrath, 5, Water Street, Atherton
• Harry Bennett, Edward H. Green aged 35 of Market Street, Westhoughton
• John Coffey aged 28 of 33, Wingates, Westhoughton, married with an 18 month old child
• Edward Mather aged 36, of 10, Mabel street, Westhoughton, married with five children aged 9, 8, 7, 3 and 12 months
• J. Thomas Aspden, aged 28 of Hindley Road, Westhoughton. Married with no children
• Thomas Howcroft of 489, Wigna Road, Westhoughton, married with no children
• Nicholas Hartley, Albert Smith aged 26 of 437, St.Helens Road, Westhoughton, single
• Thomas Bennett, aged 17 of 23, Bolton Road, Westhoughton
• William Kay of 8, Albion Street, Wingates, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 3 and
  12 months
• William Hayes of 4, Leigh Common Lane, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 2 and
  2 months
• Ben White aged 20 of 29, Water Street, Tyldesley, single
• Sam Woodward aged 34 of 17, Grundy Sreet, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 8, 7, 4
  and 2
• Sam Critchley aged 29, of 37, Bolton Road, Westhoughton
• Richard Nelson Longmate aged 29 of 389, St.Helens Road, Chequerbent, Westhoughton
• John Prescott
• William Mead aged 49 of 42, Beaumont Road, Bolton, married with two children aged 19 and 13
• William Bennett, Thomas Hurst of 4, Oswald Street, Daubhill, Bolton, married with a 17 year old child
• Thomas Woodward aged 33 of 39, Grundy Street, Westhoughton
• Walter Crook aged 16 of 27, Hilton Street, Atherton
• John Parr aged 51 of 22, Tucker Street, Westhoughton
• Thomas Hurst of 75, Chorley Road, Westhoughton, married with seven children all of whom were working
• Thomas Alfred Calderbank aged 49 of 8, Bolton Road, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 7 and 9
• Dan Mather aged 23 of 6, Mill Street, Westhoughton
• James Seddon aged 21 of 2, Wingates Lane, Westhoughton, married with a two year old child
• William Schofield aged 32 of 345, Maypole Terrace, married with a nine year old child
• John Hundy aged 32 of 44, St.Helens Road, Chequerbent, Westhoughton, married with one child
  aged 13
• William Brumby aged 37, of 19, Hector Street, Daubhill, Bolton
• Frederick Schofield aged 21 of 343, Maypole Terrace, Chequerbent, Westhoughton, single
• William Eccleston, Joseph Darlington aged 28 of 126, Elizabeth Street, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 7 and 5
• William Tyldesley aged 28 of 12, Chorley Road, Westhoughton
• John Tyldesley jnr. aged 25 of 12, Chorley Road, Westhoughton
• James Eccleston aged 60 of 34, King Street, Atherton, with a married daughter at home
• William Bellew aged 19 of 3, Library Street, Westhoughton
• Albert Howarth aged 16 of 278, Leigh Road, Westhoughton
• Abel Magnall aged 32 of Manchester Road, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 2 and
  3 months
• Robert Calderbank aged 23 of 37, Park Road, Westhoughton
• Ralph Shaw aged 35 of 33, Alexander Street, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 19, 9, 7 and 4
• David Nuttall aged 23 of 49, Church Street, Westhoughton
• Percy Monks of 5, Peel Terrace, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 27, 24,17 and 13
• George Tunstall of 3, Alick Fold, Westhoughton, married with six children under 13
• Sam Baxter aged 24 of Manchester Road, Over Hulton, married with a five month old child
• Thomas Chad Faulkner of 184 Brtght Street, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 6, 4, 2 and 2 weeks
• Fred Balfern of 16, Seddon Street, Westhoughton, married with one child
• James Holden aged 15 of 240, Leigh Road, Westhoughton
• Seven unnamed

Those recovered on the 25th. December 1910

• James Greenall aged 23, married with one child
• John Monks aged 19 of 3, Andere Street, Westhoughton
• Thomas Greenall of 44, Leigh Street, Westhoughton, married with three children aged 9, 5 and
  12 months
• Sam Wharmby of 290, Leigh Road, Westhoughton
• John Topping of 9, Randall Street, Westhoughton, married with two children and 19 and one grown up
• Herbert Prescott
• Israel Bennett aged 24 of 23, Bolton Road, Westhoughton
• Joseph McCabe aged 22 of 10, Smithy Street, Westhoughton
• Walter Magnall aged 31 of 87, Park Road, Westhoughton, married with 3 children 22, 18 and 12
• Ralph Croston aged 25 of 321, Church Street, Westhoughton
• Henry Miller aged 32 of 16a, Moss Street Bolton married with two children aged 2 and 3
• William Calderbank aged 21 of 16, Bolton Road, Westhoughton
• Richard Mather aged 49 of 6, Mill Street, Westhoughton, married with three gown up children aged 30, 27 and 25
• James Mills aged 26 of 12, Smithy Street, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 2 and
  12 months
• Oliver (Walter) Southern aged 21 of 316, Park Road, Westhoughton
• Royland Evans aged 33 of 2, King Street, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 9, 7, 4 and 2
• Henry Whyker aged 21 of 164, Park Road, Westhoughton
• George Tunstall of 3, Alick Fold, Westhoughton, married with 6 children all under 13 years of age
• Fred Hook aged 14 of 8, Mather Street, Atherton
• Thomas Martin aged 23 of 22, Wigan Road, Westhoughton
• Thomas Hope aged 15 of 10 Alick Fold, Westhoughton
• James Leigh, John Morris aged 36 of 230, Leigh Road, Westhoughton, married with three children aged 9, 6 and 5 months
• Albert Unsworth aged 17 of 42, Slaone Street, Daubhill, Bolton
• John Sanders aged 14 of 7, Water Street, Atherton
• James Baker of 5, Henshaw Street, Westhoughton
• Jesse Chadwick aged 23 of 20, Adelaide Street, Westhoughton, married with a two year old child
• William Gore aged 42 of 105, Brackner Street, Chequerbent, Westhoughton, married with seven children under 13
• John Smith
• William Lees Ashcroft aged 15 of 658, Manchester Road, Chequerbent
• Westhoughton
• Edward Saunders aged 19 of 7, Water Street, Atherton
• James Edward Hewitt of 179, Wigan Road, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 22, 18, 15 and 11
• Peter Higson of 482, Wigan Road, Daubhill, Bolton married with five children aged 18, 14, 13, 9 and 4
• Stanley Hodgkiss, James Livesley aged 17 of 356, Park Road, Westhoughton
• John Bradley aged 21 of Leigh Common, Westhoughton
• Orlando Chadwick, William Bradley aged 50 of 6, Park Road, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 12 and 7
• Walter Boardman aged 31 of 282, Bolton Road, 321, Church Street, Westhoughton
• Fred Teasdale of 6, Bolton Road, Westhoughton, married
• William Morris aged 34 of 26, Mabel Street, Westhoughton, married with four children aged 7, 5, 2 and 8 months
• Edward Kenwright aged 28 of 14, France Street, Westhoughton, married with two children aged 5, and 2
• John Wilfred Seddon aged 20 of 274, Park Road, Westhoughton
• 4 that are unnamed.

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