Full Details
- Surname
- PETHER
- Forename
- Edward George
- Day
- 10
- Month
- 05
- Year
- 1938
- Age
- 30
- Occupation
- Ripper
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Markham No.1 [Blackshale Pit]
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
- Location
- Duckmanton
- County
- Derbyshire
- Details of Event
- Explosion, coal dust ignition caused by sparking caused by breaking of joint box in collision with runaway tubs. 79 killed. 133 Selwyn Street Hillstown.
