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Age:	28
Died:	19th Feb 1857
Accident:	19th Feb 1857
Year Born:	abt. 1829
Colliery:	Lundhill
Company:	Lundhill Coal Co.
Occupation:
Notes:	Explosion of firedamp
Buried:	Darfield Churchyard
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The extract from the annual Mines Inspector report concerning this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
19 Feb 1857	Frightful Colliery Explosion At Lundhill, 189 Lives Lost (Annual Register for 1857)
28 Feb 1857	The Great Colliery Explosion Near Barnsley (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
14 Mar 1857	The Late Great Colliery Accident (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
14 Mar 1857	The Lundhill Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
18 Apr 1857	Supposed Cause Of The Lund-Hill Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
25 Apr 1857	The Lundhill Explosion, Funerals (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
23 May 1857	Local And District News (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
30 May 1857	The Lundhill Colliery Explosion, Verdict Of The Jury (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)
30 May 1857	The Lundhill Explosion (Morpeth Herald)
02 Jun 1860	The Lundhill Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)

• South Yorkshire Mining Disasters, Vol. 1, 19th century by Brian Elliott, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2012, ISBN 1-903425-64-6

• 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 134
• 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 165, Accident Number: 11

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