Date:
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Location:
Swaithe, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Surnames/tags:
Mining Disasters England
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Worldwide Disasters | Mining Disasters | England Mining Disasters Yorkshire Mining Disasters |Swaite Main, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 1875
Contact: TBC
History and Circumstances
- Date: 6 December 1875
- Location: Swaite Main, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
- Victims: 143 lives lost
- Cause: Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing
Sources
Victims
| Name
| Details
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| Connected
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| Akers, Henry Milton
| Age 25
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| Allen, James
| Age 32
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| Allen, John Frank
| Age 18
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| Allen, William
| Age 19
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| Armitage, George
| Age 50
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| Bailey, John
| Age 25
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| Bailey, William Henry
| Age 20
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| Bamforth, William
| Age 20
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| Banks, George
| Age 38
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| Barden, Gad
| Age 43
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| Barraclough, James
| Age 30
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| Beevors, Thomas
| Age 47
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| Bell, Henry
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| Bennett, Benjamin
| Age 19
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| Benson, Joseph (alias Joseph William Brown)
| Age 14
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| Beresford, George
| Age 35
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| Blackburn, John
| Age 50
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| Bostock, Pharoah
| Age 15
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| Bowers, Alfred
| Age 14
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| Bowers, Edward
| Age 12
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| Bray, William
| Age 24
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| Brown, John (James)
| Age 36
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| Brown, William
| Age 19
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| William Buckley
| Age 33
| Yes
| Yes
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| Yes
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| Bullock, Isaac
| Age 30
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| Bullock, Thomas
| Age 29
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| Burns, James
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| Calvert, John,
| Age 27
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| George Edward Carr
| Age 24
| Yes
| Yes
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| Yes
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| Carr, William
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| Cawthorne, Henry
| Age 22
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| Christian, John
| Age 32
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| Collumbine, Charles Henry,
| Age 16
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| Coxon, Thomas
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| Crackles, Alfred
| Age 23
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| Denton, James
| Age 32
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| Dodson, James
| Age 32
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| Dolan, William
| Age 29
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| Duber, Thomas
| Age 24
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| Dunk, Arthur
| Age 20
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| Earnshaw, William
| Age 33
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| Evans, George
| Age 17
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| Eyre, George
| Age 22
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| Fawcett, George
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| Foster, Thomas
| Age 29
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| Frederick Galloway
| Age 13
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
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| Leonard Galloway
| Age 15
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
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| Gibson, John
| Age 15
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| Gilbert, Alfred
| Age 21
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| Gilbert, John
| Age 20
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| Glover, Edward
| Age 19
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| Goodall, John
| Age 43
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| Goodliffe, Walter
| Age 22
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| Goodman, Charles
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| Grant, Henry
| Age 35
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| Green, Samuel
| Age 27
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| Green, William
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| Greenbank, William
| Age 27
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| Haigh, Samuel
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| Hall, Charles
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| Hampshire, George
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| Hancock, James Anthony
| Age 34
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| Harrison, Albert Edward
| Age 14
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| Harrison, Charles
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| Harrison, Joseph
| Age 21
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| Hepplestone, Jim
| Age 46
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| Hoyland, Alfred
| Age 29
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| Hudson, William
| Age 30
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| Jaques, Henry
| Age 27
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| Jenkins, Edward,
| Age 36
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| Jenkins, Edward
| Age 21
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| Jenkins, William
| Age 30
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| Jenkins, William
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| Jenkinson, John
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| era, Ara
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| Kendall, Paul
| Age 49
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| Kendall, Paul (jun)
| Age 15
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| Kendell, William George
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| Kilburn, Thomas
| Age 29
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| Kilner, Frederick
| Age 15
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| Knowles, Joseph (alias Noble)
| Age 38
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| Konuck, Andrea
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| Lambert, Israel
| Age 19
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| Lancashire, William
| Age 24
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| Lawton, William
| Age 17
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| Lockwood, Thomas
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| Lockwood, Walter
| Age 50
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| Lund, Thomas
| Age 24
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| Malin, Henry,
| Age 22
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| Maltby, Thomas
| Age 34
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| Markey, Thomas
| Age 25
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| Marsden, Henry
| Age 26
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| McCullough, James
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| McKnight, Robert
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| Moore, John
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| Morton, Charles
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| Mowbray, Joseph Robinson
| Age 19
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| Muldoon, James
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| Arthur Netherwood
| Age 15
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
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| Nettleship, William
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| Nicholson, John
| Age 18
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| Oates, William
| Age 45
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| Partlet, John,
| Age 19
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| John Edward Phillips
| Age 18
| Yes
| Yes
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| Yes
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| Phillipson, George
| Age 30
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| Pickering, John
| Age 23
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| Rides, Thomas
| Age 16
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| Rock, Arthur
| Age 23
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| Rodgers, William
| Age 32
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| Rose, Edward
| Age 23
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| Schofield, Samuel
| Age 36
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| Scorah, Thomas Reeds
| Age 31
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| Sedgewick, John
| Age 31
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| Semley, Amos
| Age 14
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| Semley, Edmond
| Age 17
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| Semley, John
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| Senior, Thomas William
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| Sheldon, Joseph
| Furnace Man
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| Slater, George Henry
| Age 21
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| Smith, John Thomas
| Age 18
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| Richard Smith
| Age 29
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
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| Smith, William
| Age 33
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| Stavosky, John
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| Stott, Henry
| Age 17
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| Sykes, George
| Age 25
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| Taylor, Charles
| Age 26
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| Thickett, Levi
| Age 18
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| Timperley, James
| Age 34
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| Tranter, Jonathan
| Age 23
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| William Tyers
| 38
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
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| Tyas, Henry
| Age 36
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| Vine, Charles Henry
| Age 19
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| Waldy, Fred Noel
| AGe 21
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| Walker, William
| Age 29
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| Waller, William
| Age 16
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| Waterworth, John
| Age 30
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| Watson, Joseph
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| Watson, Thomas
| Age 16
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| Whitham, Walter
| Age 19
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| George Wildsmith
| Age 19
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
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| Winder, Joseph
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| Wood, John
| Age 19
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| Woodhead, Thomas
| Age 29
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