Full Details
- Surname
- WELLS
- Forename
- James
- Day
- 03
- Month
- 06
- Year
- 1941
- Age
- 27
- Occupation
- Haulage Hand
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Whitehaven, William Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Cumberland Coal Co. (Whitehaven) Ltd
- Location
- Whitehaven
- County
- Cumberland
- Details of Event
- Explosion of gas caused by chemical reaction between water and burning carbon. 12 killed.
