Full Details
- Surname
- MURRAY
- Forename
- James
- Day
- 21
- Month
- 08
- Year
- 1947
- Age
- 36
- Occupation
- Coal Hewer
- 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. Married with four children of 22, Crummock Avenue, Woodhouse.
