Full Details

Surname

WHITEHEAD

Forename

Redvers Baden

Day

10

Month

05

Year

1938

Age

37

Occupation

Shotfirer

Mine/Quarry Name

Markham No.1 [Blackshale Pit]

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd

Location

Duckmanton

County

Derbyshire

Details of Event

Explosion, coal dust ignition caused by sparking caused by breaking of joint box in collision with runaway tubs. 79 killed. 59 North Crescent Duckmanton.