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Kell's Pit

(See also Howgill Colliery)

Location:	Whitehaven 1½ miles [2 km] SSW of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NX965167, 54° 32' 9" N, 3° 35' 56" W
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Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

30th

Oct

1819

Explosion of fire-damp, 21 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Anderson, Jacob, 30 Oct 1819, aged 24, explosion [More information ...]
						Askew, William, 30 Oct 1819, aged 28, explosion [More information ...]
						Bates, Philip, 30 Oct 1819, explosion [More information ...]
						Cain, Edward, 30 Oct 1819, aged 37, explosion [More information ...]
						Castlehow, Jonathan, 30 Oct 1819, aged 50, explosion [More information ...]
						Conroy, Andrew, 30 Oct 1819, aged 37, explosion [More information ...]
						Cummins, John, 30 Oct 1819, aged 28, explosion [More information ...]
						Fraker, Thomas, 30 Oct 1819, aged 24, explosion [More information ...]
						Gremminson, Joseph, 30 Oct 1819, aged 29, explosion [More information ...]
						Haselden, George, 30 Oct 1819, aged 33, explosion [More information ...]
						How, Stephen, 30 Oct 1819, aged 56, explosion [More information ...]
						McAvoy, Patrick, snr., 07 Nov 1819, (accident: 30 Oct 1819), aged 46, explosion, died later from his injuries [More information ...]
						McGillion, Alexander, 30 Oct 1819, aged 60, explosion [More information ...]
						McGran, James, 30 Oct 1819, aged 33, explosion [More information ...]
						McKinney, William, 30 Oct 1819, aged 28, explosion [More information ...]
						Milligan, William, 30 Oct 1819, aged 37, explosion [More information ...]
						Quin, Murphy, 30 Oct 1819, aged 33, explosion [More information ...]
						Rickerby, Thomas, 30 Oct 1819, aged 22, explosion [More information ...]
						Unthank, John, 30 Oct 1819, aged 28, explosion, left a widow and a young daughter [More information ...]
						Wade, Patrick, 30 Oct 1819, aged 52, explosion [More information ...]
						Ward, Michael, 30 Oct 1819, aged 28, explosion [More information ...]

						21 names found

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kell's Pit

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kell's Pit

Credits

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