As promised in October, and encouraged by the feedback which my last
posting prompted, I list below a few significant disasters which have
occurred in November during the 20th Century.
25th November 1911 6 dead Jamage Pit, Chesterton
20th November 1931 45 dead Bentley, Yorkshire
12th November 1932 27 dead No. 9 Pit, Garwood Hall, Lancashire
19th November 1933 14 dead Grassmoor Colliery
That's all I have at present, can anyone add to the list?? Dave
William's last posting was a fascinating insight into individual
deaths during past November(s).
If anyone is interested I have come across a post card of the 1909
West Stanley Disaster which actually lists the names of some of the
survivors. The photo is in a book called Pit Ponies, by John Bright,
and my scanner has managed to pick out a few of them. I find this
unusual as such records normally list the names of the dead.
The names are as follows:-
Matt Elliott
John Watton
William Gardner
Thos H Howden
George Gardner
Andrew Dean
George Craig
Edward Pace
Thomas Wheatley
Fred Maniatre
Joseph Harrison
Robert Smith
Frank Keegan
Robert Harrison
Robert Anderson
George Young
Patrick Carr
John Stark
Will Heron
Henry Davison
John Keegan
Tom Holmes
J. Smith and one other whose name I cannot read but appears to have
the initials of P. J.
Hope this information may be of use to someone.
Regards
Phil Clifford
"Je Suis Prest"
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