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Surname
STOREY
Forename
Matthew
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
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 16, George Street, Whitehaven. He left a wife and two children and there had been six deaths in the Storey family in the last fifteen months.