Full Details
- Surname
- RATCLIFFE
- Forename
- William Arthur
- Day
- 21
- Month
- 03
- Year
- 1940
- Age
- 33
- Occupation
- Haulage Hand
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Mossfield
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Mossfield Colliery Ltd
- Location
- Longton
- County
- Staffordshire
- Details of Event
- Explosion of firedamp caused by spontaneous combustion. 12 killed. Died 30th.