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Thomas Robinson
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 5th Sep 1922 |
| Accident: | 5th Sep 1922 9:00 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1893 |
| Colliery: | Haig Pit |
| Company: | Whitehaven Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | cause of death: burns, shock, CO poisoning; address: 53, Main St, Hensingham ; killed in the 1922 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 06 Sep 1922 | Pit Disaster, Big Death-Roll At Whitehaven, Miners Entombed By Explosion (The Times) |
| 06 Sep 1922 | The Whitehaven Disaster. (The Times) |
| 07 Sep 1922 | Whitehaven Disaster, No Hopes Of Rescue, Death Roll, 39 (The Times) |
| 07 Sep 1922 | The Whitehaven Disaster (The Times) |
| 08 Sep 1922 | The King's Message To Whitehaven, More Bodies Recovered (The Times) |
| 09 Sep 1922 | The Whitehaven Disaster (The Times) |
| 11 Sep 1922 | The Whitehaven Pit Disaster, Recovery of Bodies (The Times) |
| 14 Sep 1922 | Whitehaven Pit Disaster, The Last Body Recovered, Impressive Funerals (Whitehaven News) |
| 18 Sep 1922 | The Whitehaven Explosion (The Times) |
| 10 Oct 1922 | The Whitehaven Explosion, Opening Of Official Inquiry (The Times) |
| 10 Oct 1922 | The Whitehaven Explosion, Opening Of Official Inquiry (The Times) |
| 12 Oct 1922 | The Whitehaven Explosion, Manager's Theory (The Times) |
| 16 Oct 1922 | Whitehaven Inquiry Verdict, Explosion Caused By Shot-Firing (The Times) |
| 12 Jul 1923 | The Whitehaven And Plean Colliery Explosions, Professor Granville Poole On The Causes (Whitehaven News) |
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