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Surname
PARKER
Forename
George Jnr
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
31
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 who lived with his father, George Snr. The younger was to have been married to Miss Margaret Mather a few days later. Margaret waited for hours at the pit head awaiting news but he was the last to be brought out of the pit.