Full Details
- Surname
- HUGHES
- Forename
- Ronald
- Day
- 21
- Month
- 08
- Year
- 1947
- Age
- 20
- Occupation
- Shifthand
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Whitehaven, William Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- National Coal Board
- Location
- Whitehaven
- County
- Cumberland
- Details of Event
- Explosion of firedamp propagated by coal dust caused by shot firing in the waste. 104 killed. Single of Hospital House, Bransty.
