Full Details
- Surname
- GAINFORD
- Forename
- Joseph Henry
- Day
- 05
- Month
- 02
- Year
- 1931
- Age
- 18
- Occupation
- Engine Driver
- 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 of 28, Hill Top Road, Arrowthwaite. He had worked at the pit since he was 14.
