Maltby Pit Disaster of 1923
Those who died
The full list of men left in the pit after the explosion, all residents in Maltby, and nearly all married:
- George Perrins, 37, Deputy
- John Henry Garratty, 38, Corporal
- Edward Mitchell, 23, Byeworker
- William Emberton, 27, Collier
- Harold Bourne, 25, Haulage hand
- Harry Norwood, 30, Deputy
- John William Green, 38, Byeworker
- Silvaus Turner, 27, Collier
- George Brierley, 34, Collier
- William (Billy) Preece, 24, Collier, married three years. He left a wife and two children.
- Joseph Best, 19, Fitter
- James Smith, 37, Collier
- Richard John Brookes, 24, Collier
- John Stoker,30, Overman
- Joseph Spibey, 29, Collier
- John Chandler Spilsbury, 33, Collier
- Raymond Clinton Bourne, 18, Haulage Hand
- Richard Ernest Dunn, 28, Collier
- George Hickling, 47, Ripper
- Benjamin Jones, 26, Collier
- Aaron Daniel(s), 46, Collier, possibly son of Caleb and Ann Daniel from Hanley, Staffordshire
- Bertie Beardshall, 29, Collier
- Leonard Meredith, 22, Collier
- Ernest Clixby, 26, Analyst
- Albert Smithson, 28, Collier
- Alfred Leslie Fellows, 15, Haulage Hand
- Reginald Renshaw, 48, Road Layer
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 »