Full Details
- Surname
- QUIRK
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 21
- Month
- 08
- Year
- 1947
- Age
- 38
- Occupation
- Brusher
- 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 one child of 23, Victoria Road, Whitehaven.
