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Surname
RUDDY
Forename
John
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
58
Occupation
Deputy
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. Married of 65, Hill Top Road, Arrowthwaite. He was one of the dead from the William pit had started work at the pit when he was 13 old and he left a widow and two sons and two daughters.