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Richard Hayton
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 29th Jan 1931 |
| Accident: | 29th Jan 1931 8:15 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1902 |
| Colliery: | Haig Pit |
| Company: | Whitehaven Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Shift Hand |
| Notes: | body found in Haig Pit, married, address: Front Row, Newhouses ; killed in the 1931 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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| 30 Jan 1931 | Pit Disaster, An Explosion At Whitehaven, Thirty-Five Men Missing (The Times) |
| 31 Jan 1931 | Haig Pit Disaster, Death Roll Now 27 (Cumberland Evening News) |
| 07 Feb 1931 | Haig Pit Disaster (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 19 Feb 1931 | Haig Pit Disaster, Cumberland Miners' Council Grant Of £800, Question Of Sunday Work (Whitehaven News) |
| 19 Feb 1931 | Whitehaven Miners' Meeting, Resumption Of Work (Whitehaven News) |
| 07 Mar 1931 | Investigator Thanked (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 21 Mar 1931 | Conference At Whitehaven (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 11 Apr 1931 | Ireby Effort for Haig Pit Fund (West Cumberland Times) |
| 30 May 1931 | Report On Haig Pit Explosion (The Science and Art of Mining) |
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