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George Miller
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| Died: | 12th Dec 1866 |
| Accident: | 12th Dec 1866 |
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| Colliery: | Oaks |
| Company: | Firth, Barber and Co. |
| Occupation: | Hurrier |
| Notes: | Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by blown-out shot |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Memorial: 1866 Oaks Colliery Disaster
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Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
| 12 Dec 1866 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion at Barnsley (Annual Register for 1866) |
| 29 Dec 1866 | The Colliery Calamities (The Penny Illustrated Paper) |
| 31 Jan 1867 | The Talk o'The Hill, Hartley, and the Oaks Colliery Explosions (Annual Register for 1867) |
| 10 Oct 1867 | The Oaks Colliery, Discovery of the Missing Bodies (Annual Register for 1867) |
| 12 Oct 1867 | Home News, The Oaks Colliery (The Penny Illustrated Paper) |
| 12 Oct 1867 | Home News, The Oaks Colliery (The Penny Illustrated Paper) |
| 17 Dec 1870 | Home News (The Graphic) |
- Great Pit Disasters, 1700 to present day by Helen and Baron Duckham, Published by David & Charles, 1973
- South Yorkshire Mining Disasters, Vol. 1, 19th century by Brian Elliott, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2012, ISBN 1-903425-64-6
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