A remembrance ceremony will be held next week for two Cumbrian mining disasters in the 19th century.
The event will be held in Whitehaven’s St Nicholas Gardens on Wednesday, April 16, to remember those who lost their lives in the William Pit disaster of April 13 1821, which killed 12 miners – the youngest aged 11 – and the St Helen’s Pit disaster of April 19 1888, which killed 30 miners.
All are welcome to attend and there will be a minute’s silence held for those who died.
William Pit explosion April 13 1821
- John Coulthard aged 51
- John Cragg aged 41
- Margaret Froggat
- John Gill aged 11
- Dennis Hickey aged 31
- Christian Hoy aged 17
- Mary Hoy aged 16
- George Hutchinson aged 18
- James McCann aged 26
- Cecillia Morgan aged 19
- James Scott aged 24
- Mathew Thornton aged 17
St Helen’s Pit Workington April 19 1888
- John Ballantine aged 54
- William Banton aged 37
- Wiggan Beattie aged aged 24
- John Davidson aged 53
- William Dixon aged 23
- Isaac Gaskins aged 42
- William Gowan aged 28
- William Halstead aged 45
- Thomas Hannah aged 25
- Robert Hodgson aged 39
- James Hogg aged 31
- Joseph Iredale aged 44
- Richard Jackson aged 27
- John Johnson aged 26
- Launcelot Laybourn aged 48
- Robert Laybourn aged 22
- Thomas Marrs aged 32
- John Martin aged 58
- James Moffatt aged aged 53
- Thompson Moore aged 25
- Henry Nicholson aged 22
- John Nicholson aged 34
- William Peele aged 47
- Joseph Robinson aged 37
- James Pagan Smith aged 35
- Joseph Stephenson aged 42
- Robert Townsley aged 39
- William Tunstall aged 41
- John Williams aged 31
- George Wright aged 42
