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APPENDIX I.

TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH OF THE 24 PERSONS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WINGATE GRANGE COLLIERY EXPLOSION ON 14TH OCTOBER, 1906.
No. on
Plans
 Name  Age  Occupation  Place of Work  Doctor's Report 
 Victims in the field of the explosion in the Low Main seam :–
1 Thomas Henry Elliott 46ShifterAt downcast shaftFractured skull and other injuries.
2 John Thomas Maddison 24StonemanEngine plane to northBurns by flame. Broken neck, Particles of coal in face.
3 George Bloomfield 41ShifterEngine plane Stable wayFractured skull and other injuries. Singed.
 
 Victim in or near the field of the explosion in the Main Coal seam :–
17 John Guy Dixon 57ShifterNear downcast shaftFractured skull.
 
 Victims from after damp in the Low Main seam :–
4 Alfred George Harris 50ShifterSump in 2nd East wayChoke damp.Carbonic acid.
5 Joseph Grafton 67Shifter5th North in 2nd East way""
6 William Hockaday 51SinkerStaple in West District, 2nd East way.After damp.Carbonic oxide.
7 James Ainsley 20Pumper"Choke damp.Carbonic acid.
8 Charles Stockdale 35Sinker"After damp.Carbonic oxide.
9 Thomas Bainbridge 66Examiner1st East way""*
10 James Morrison 45Shifter"""
11 Peter Gilchrist 63Shifter"Choke damp.Carbonic acid.
12 James Mason 49StonemanSyphon or water levels in 2nd East way"
(and hot air)
"
13 Thomas Metcalfe 64ShifterSump in 2nd East wayAfter damp.Carbonic oxide.*
14 Thomas Kay 55ShifterSyphon or water levels in 2nd East way.Choke damp.Carbonic acid.
15 Nathaniel Farnworth 59Shifter"After damp.Carbonic oxide.
16 Henry Pace 44StonemanLong wall in Stable way""
 
 Victims from after damp in the Main Coal seam –
19 Isaac James 42Colliery masonDoor near foot of incline to Five Quarter.""*
18 Patrick Dunlavey 62Mason's labourer"""
 
 Victims from after damp in the Five Quarter seam :–
20 George Smith 47ChargemanWorkings in Five Quarter seamChoke damp.Carbonic acid.
21 Lord Bentley 66Shifter"After damp.Carbonic oxide.*
22 William Studham 54Shifter"Choke damp.Carbonic acid.
23 George Bayliss 58Examiner"After damp.Carbonic oxide.
24 Edward Hardy 63Shifter"""
 
* Well marked.

 

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