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Haydock, Lancashire. May, 1831.
The victims of a disaster buried at St. Thomas’ Ashton-in-Makerfield. The Burial register states that they were ‘all killed by the explosion of inflammable air in a coal
pit.’ The victims were buried between the 18th and 24 th. May
Those who died were-
Mary Cunliffe aged 14 years.
James Cunliffe aged 12 years, collier.
Thomas Cunliffe aged 9 years, collier.
John Owen aged 13 years, collier.
Peter Litherland aged 12 years, collier.
John Litherland aged 9 years, collier
Willliam Litherland aged 9 years, collier.
Thomas Martlew aged 40 years, collier.
Thomas Owen aged 20 years, collier.
Edward Cunliffe aged 27 years, collier.
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