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Surname
TURNER
Forename
Frank
Day
02
Month
07
Year
1937
Age
22
Occupation
Underground Electrician
Mine/Quarry Name
Holditch
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Holditch Mines Ltd
Location
Chesterton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Explosion of firedamp ignition caused by fire at coal cutting machine caused by friction of the picks. 30 killed 8 injured.