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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Joseph
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
27
Occupation
Timberman
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 of East Road Kells. He had a fractured leg and burns and later died in hospital. He had been out of work for some time and had worked at the pit for two weeks and had not drawn his first pay packet.