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Surname
MARSDEN
Forename
Harry֍
Day
03
Month
09
Year
1931
Age
34
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Newdigate
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newdigate Colliery (1914) Ltd
Location
Nuneaton
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Explosion of firedamp ignited by arcing in the plug connector of the conveyor motor killed 4 and five others were burned. Four֍ of the latter five later died in hospital.