Full Details

Surname

AGNEW

Forename

Andrew

Day

21

Month

08

Year

1947

Age

36

Occupation

Brusher

Mine/Quarry Name

Whitehaven, William Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

National Coal Board

Location

Whitehaven

County

Cumberland

Details of Event

Explosion of firedamp propagated by coal dust caused by shot firing in the waste. 104 killed. Married with two children he lived at 17, Todhunter’s Buildings, Queen Street, Whitehaven.