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Maltby Pit Disaster of 1923

Those who died

George Perrins and his children
George Perrins and children

The full list of men left in the pit after the explosion, all residents in Maltby, and nearly all married:

  1. George Perrins, 37, Deputy
  2. John Henry Garratty, 38, Corporal
  3. Edward Mitchell, 23, Byeworker
  4. William Emberton, 27, Collier
  5. Harold Bourne, 25, Haulage hand
  6. Harry Norwood, 30, Deputy
  7. John William Green, 38, Byeworker
  8. Silvaus Turner, 27, Collier
  9. George Brierley, 34, Collier
  10. William (Billy) Preece, 24, Collier, married three years. He left a wife and two children.
  11. Joseph Best, 19, Fitter
  12. James Smith, 37, Collier
  13. Richard John Brookes, 24, Collier
  14. John Stoker,30, Overman
  15. Joseph Spibey, 29, Collier
  16. John Chandler Spilsbury, 33, Collier
  17. Raymond Clinton Bourne, 18, Haulage Hand
  18. Richard Ernest Dunn, 28, Collier
  19. George Hickling, 47, Ripper
  20. Benjamin Jones, 26, Collier
  21. Aaron Daniel(s), 46, Collier, possibly son of Caleb and Ann Daniel from Hanley, Staffordshire
  22. Bertie Beardshall, 29, Collier
  23. Leonard Meredith, 22, Collier
  24. Ernest Clixby, 26, Analyst
  25. Albert Smithson, 28, Collier
  26. Alfred Leslie Fellows, 15, Haulage Hand
  27. Reginald Renshaw, 48, Road Layer
Ernest Dene (Richard Ernest Dunn ?)
Ernest Dene

Reginald Renshaw was recovered by the first rescue party who stated that he was 'in a crouching attitude, with both arms drawn up across the face as if to protect it from the flame and shock of the explosion'.       continued »

Meetings held attended by the Colliery owners, managers and relatives of the deceased
Meeting    Relatives

We understand that another body was found a few months later.

After the explosion the area around it was sealed. A few months later they took out one brick out and slid a piece of glass so no air would be let in or escape as it could still contain explosive fumes.

When they looked through the glass they saw a ginger haired miner holding a pit pony.

When the area was declared safe they removed the walls and as soon as the air got to the body it disintegrated into ash. There were two miners that had been in the explosion that had ginger hair and so both families buried the ashes.

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