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Surname
BAILEY
Forename
John Jnr
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
21
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Haig Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitehaven Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Whitehaven
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Explosion of firedamp in the No.3 North District caused by shot firing. 27 killed. Single man of 9, York Road, Arrowthwaite. He had narrowly missed death in the last explosion at the colliery, Robert Vincent, 50 a married man who was a deputy of Hill Top Road, Kells. He left a widow and nine children.