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APPENDIX I

WILLIAM PIT EXPLOSION
Killed
BodyAge
No.Christian NameSurnameyearsOccupation
1Thomas ArthurNelson36Brusher.
2EdwardGlaister48Brusher.
3ThomasAllan33Stoneworker.
4James WilliamLambert36Brusher.
5John NelsonGarner37Brusher.
6RichardCartmell25Panpuller.
7JamesClifford26Panpuller.
8MatthewWilson45Deputy.
9JohnAnderson50Panpuller.
10Richard EdwardGrearson46Brusher.
11Joseph WilsonHewer40Deputy.
12JosephBrannon45Coal-cutter
13WilliamMartin32Coal-cutter.
14Vincent McSherry37Brusher.
15ThomasFox24Panpuiler.
16William FoulderGrearson38Brusher.
17JohnMilburn40Brusher.
18William HarkerLee27Brusher.
19Jacob EdwardBridges37Coal-cutter.
20GeorgeHutchinson44Face Worker.
21WilliamNicholson33Deputy.
22JohnQuirk38Brusher.
23William TelfordMcMullen22Face Worker.
24HenryShilton44Brusher
25JamesRigg28Brusher.
26William HenryCrofts42Brusher.
27ThomasTurner46Shift-hand.
28IsaacMcAllister55Shift-hand.
29John RichardMowat26Brusher.
30George HenryWilson29Shift-hand.
31GeorgePorthouse58Brusher.
32ThomasRichardson42Brusher.
33Ronald WilliamHewer38Brusher.
34WilliamClark46Brusher.
35WilliamWilliamson27Brusher.
36JamesMurray35Panpuller.
37Edward ReubenRay32Shift-hand.
38HenryGibson36Brusher.
39WilliamFisher38Brusher.
40James RichardsonBarwise49Brusher.
41WalterWylie36Brusher.
42JamesCampbell40Machine-man
43Albert EdwardSaulters40Panpuller.
44JamesLeeson48Brusher.
45Joseph GeraldDiamond33Brusher.
46William LewisPickering24Panpuller.
47Thomas JamesShackley40Panpuller.
48Thomas GladstoneDixon55Brusher.
49AdamRaby25Brusher.
50Mark JacksonShaw45Pipe fitter
51RonaldHughes20Shift-hand.
52John HenryMaddison22Face Worker.
53SamuelDevlin27Shift-hand.
54John DouglasAllen59Contractor.
55JosephWilson37Brusher.
56RalphWalker34Shift-hand.
57ThomasLancaster27Brusher.
58FrancisMurdock38Shift-hand.
59HartleyByers35Brusher.
60AlbertTweddle41Brusher.
61Henry Trohear Allan39Brusher.
62WilliamJohnston27Trainee.
63JamesMoore62Shift-hand.
64GeorgeJohnstone41Brusher.
100ThomasPilkington27Brusher.
101RichardAtkinson28Pipe Fitter
102HenryBarker34Face Worker.
103Harold JohnCarr21Shift-hand
104WilliamPilkington66Brusher.
105JohnPilkington32Brusher.
106DennisLyons31Panpuller.
107William RonaldMusson22Brusher.
108James Murray Bowes34Coal Cutter.
109John JosephRenwick39Coal Cutter
110John EdwardMoore37Panpuller.
111JohnRobbs56Brusher.
112JamesGibbons47Brusher.
113RobertConkey43Brusher.
114Thomas BarnesSmith62Brusher.
115Thomas ThompsonSmith36Brusher.
116HerbertCalvin40Brusher.
117HaroldSmith41Brusher.
118Lawrence Hatfield PatrickMurtagh41Deputy.
119ThomasBrannon57Chock Drawer.
120JamesAtkinson45Brusher.
121AndrewAgnew36Brusher.
122EdwardMcAllister24Brusher.
123WilliamPilkington51Face Worker.
124RichardMusson36Trainee.
125ThomasWoodend64Shift-hand
126LeonardSeward36Brusher.
127JosephNorman41Face Worker
128JamesMcMullen27Deputy.
129John AllenParagreen30Engine Fitter
130SydneyO'Fee34Face Worker.
131William ArnottWalby46Shift hand.
132PatrickMurtagh28Panpuller.
133WilfredFarrer34Panpuller.
S1JosephFox37Airways repairer.
S2Joseph BanksMarshall47Shift-hand.
S3WilliamMurray39Panpuller.
S4Robert MulhollandGlosson39Panpuller.
S5John HenryDoran50Brusher.
S6JosephMoore39Brusher.
 
Injured
 
1HenryAllan62Repairer.
2John EdwinBirkett51Brusher.
3DanielHinde41Brusher.
4John JamesWeighman24Panpuller.

 

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