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Surname
WHITEHEAD
Forename
Redvers Baden
Day
10
Month
05
Year
1938
Age
37
Occupation
Shotfirer
Mine/Quarry Name
Markham No.1 [Blackshale Pit]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Duckmanton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Explosion, coal dust ignition caused by sparking caused by breaking of joint box in collision with runaway tubs. 79 killed. 59 North Crescent Duckmanton.