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  Disasters - Names Return to Index Disasters - Names  
Date:  9th April 1908
Colliery:  Norton Hill, Slyving Vein Incline
Company:  Norton Hill Colliery Co.
Cause:  Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing
Lives Lost:  10
Category:  

Fatalities



Individual page Ashman, John James, aged 34, Collier, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Brooks, Andrew, aged 27, Collier, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Burge, Charles, aged 32, Examiner, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Doughty, William, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Jones, Ernest, aged 23, Carting Boy, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Jones, Frank, aged 41, Collier, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Jones, Stanley, aged 16, Carting Boy, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Maggs, George, aged 20, Incline Man, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Sage, Henry, aged 14, Examiner, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
Individual page Winsley, Gilbert, aged 25, Incline Man, Explosion of Coal dust from shotfiring in the Slyving Vein Main haulage road (Self Acting Incline), without watering the place. (See Special report of September, 1908 [Cd. 4,330], price 4½d.)
 
All names found
 
Youngest: 14 years old ; Oldest: 41 ; Average: 25
 

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Memorial: 1908 Norton Hill, Slyving Vein Incline Colliery Disaster

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Newspaper Articles


17 Apr 1908  Somerset Explosion, Many Victims At Norton Pit, Terrific Shock: Shaken Town (The Cambrian)

 

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