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| Date: | 25th April 1882 |
| Colliery: | Whitehaven |
| Company: | Earl of Lonsdale |
| Cause: | Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by defective safety lamp |
| Lives Lost: | 4 |
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 | Colvin, Thomas, aged 65, Pumper, explosion of firedamp |
| | Finch, Henry, aged 34, Pumper, explosion of firedamp, Buried: Hensingham Cemetery |
| | Geddes, James, aged 36, Hewer, explosion of firedamp, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery |
| | McGuiness, John, aged 21, Pumper, explosion of firedamp, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery |
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| 27 Apr 1882 | Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 27 Apr 1882 | Fearful Explosion at William Pit, Four Men Killed (Whitehaven News) |
| 28 Apr 1882 | Terrible Colliery Explosion at Whitehaven (Maryport Advertiser and Weekly News) |
| 29 Apr 1882 | Fatal Explosion In William Pit, Four Men Killed And Several Injured (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 06 May 1882 | The Fatal Explosion at William Pit, The Adjourned Inquest (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 08 Jun 1882 | The Fatal Explosion at William Pit, The Inquest (Whitehaven News) |
| 15 Jun 1882 | The Wiliam Pit Explosion, Prosecution Of The Agent And Manager (Whitehaven News) |
| 16 Aug 1882 | Charges Against Colliery Officials (The Times) |
| 17 Aug 1882 | The William Pit Explosion, Prosecution Of The Agent And Manager (Whitehaven News) |
| 19 Aug 1882 | Whitehaven Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
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- Official Report into the 1882 Whitehaven Accident (C.3330)
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
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