Warren Vale Colliery Disaster
The Situation on Sunday
The search for the bodies continued through Saturday night. The number of dead bodies recovered by Sunday was 49, 2 or 3 others remained in the pit, including that of Thomas Silvester, the fire-trier.
The search continued throughout the workings, and it was concluded that the bodies which had not been found were buried beneath a mass of the roof which had fallen in at the northern extremity of the working, and which, it was thought, was the cause of the explosion.
It was reported that the men who were in the pit at the time, but who escaped without injury, spoke most confidently as to the satisfactory ventilation of the pit previous to the explosion.
The following list of the dead was given on Sunday evening:
William Bownes, Joshua Roberts, Abraham Cooper, Thomas Burgin, Joseph Bugg, Benjamin Lang, Henry James, Charles Cousins, Thomas Johnson, Henry Thompson, William Ashton, Henry Ward, Thomas Farmer, Abraham Thompson, William Barraclough, Joseph Frith, James Purselove, Henry Purselove, John Hartley, John Walton, William Froggatt, John Siddons, John Garnick, George Sellars, George Knapton, George Hague, Thomas Taylor, George Robinson, Benjamin Walker, Samuel Siddons, James Roberts, William Cooper, Henry Goddard, John Purselove, John Thompson, John Cooper, Thomas Silvester, and Thomas Whitehead.
There were 10 bodies who couldn't be identified, due to their injuries.
It was announced that Mr. Morton, the Government Inspector, was expected to visit the scene of the accident, the next day. continued »
