Victims of the Disaster

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ID no.	Name	Address	Age	Status	Children	Job	Where found
28	Ball, Noah	7 East View, Micklefield	35	Married	10	Coal Miner	No.4 Dip
16	Barker, William	15 Station Row, Micklefield	39	Married	1	Coal Miner	No.2 Dip
61	Bellerby, Fred	High Street, Kippax	21	Single		Pony Driver	No.1 Rise Bord
50	Bellerby, Harry	High Street, Kippax	19	Single		Pony Driver	Sam Goodall’s Bord
26	Benson, Fred	23 Crescent, Micklefield	14	Single		Rope Winder	No.1 Rise Bord
39	Benson, George	23 Crescent, Micklefield	25	Single		Machine Coal Getter	No.3 South Bord
27	Benson, James	23 Crescent, Micklefield	52	Married	9	Deputy	No.1 Rise Bord
23	Clark, Elias	7 East View, Micklefield	17	Single		Rope Winder	No.4 Dip
41	Dean, William Francis	18 Crescent, Micklefield	37	Married	4	Coal Miner	No.2 South Bord
14	Dunnington, George Edwin	Newthorpe	20	Single		Pony Driver	No.1 Dip
52	Edwards, Francis Rainburd	Micklefield	34	Married	6	Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
57	Everett, Thomas	Newthorpe	26	Married	2	Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
8	Godber, Samuel	44 Crescent	16	Single		Pony Driver	East Level
36	Goodall, Edward	Garforth	42	Married	4	Coal Miner	New North Road
54	Goodall, Samuel	Aberford	57	Widower	9	Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
18	Hayes, George	2 East View, Micklefield	20	Single		Hurrier	No.1 Dip
42	Herring, William	10 New Row, Micklefield	31	Married	1	Coal Miner	No.2 South Bord
19	Howson, Arthur	Aberford	18	Single		Pony Driver	No.1 Dip
20	Jackson, Joseph	Garforth	29	Married	1	Coal Miner	No.4 Dip
21	Jackson, Walter	Garforth	27	Married	1	Coal Miner	No.4 Dip
45	James, Samuel	4 Quarry View, Micklefield	31	Married	2	Coal Miner	New North Road
12	Johnson, Joseph	3 Station Row, Micklefield	47	Married	0	Coal Miner	No.3 Dip
33	Longdon, Thomas	35 Crescent, Micklefield	43	Married	6	Coal Miner	New North Road
11	Maggs, Edwin Charles	3 New Row, Micklefield	26	Married	2	Coal Miner	No.3 Dip
55	Martin, Henry	8 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	59	Married	10	Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
56	Martin, Herbert	8 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	29	Single		Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
31	Meakin, John	5 Crescent, Micklefield	36	Married	9	Coal Miner	No.2 South Bord
38	Millership, Job	7 Station Row, Micklefield	52	Single		Coal Miner	New North Road
58	Moakes, George	15 East View, Micklefield	53	Married	7	Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
30	Noble, Charles	17 Crescent, Micklefield	30	Married	4	Machine Coal Getter	No.2 South Bord
51	Norton, Alfred	70 Well Lane, Kippax	28	Single		Coal Miner	Old North Road
24	Oakley, Thomas	8 East View, Micklefield	50	Single		Coal Miner	No.4 Dip
61	Pickard, Louis	27 Robinson Lane, Kippax	19	Single		Trammer	No.1 Rise Bord
3	Radford, William	Micklefield	56	Married	2	Under Manager	Office
53	Scrimshaw, Rayner	Garforth	27	Married	0	Coal Miner	Capell’s Bord
35	Sheldon, William	31 East View, Micklefield	33	Married	4	Coal Miner	New North Road
4	Shepherd, Charles	43 Crescent, Micklefield	68	Married	8	Horse Keeper	Stables
13	Shepherd, Richard	43 Crescent, Micklefield	30	Married	0	Colliery Labourer	No.1 Dip
44	Shillito, David	14 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	53	Married	3	Coal Miner	New North Road
59	Shillito, George	19 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	59	Married	5	Deputy	No.1 Rise Bord
7	Shillito, James	3 Bland’s Row, Micklefield	50	Married	3	Deputy	East Level
1	Simpson, Arthur	Oxtoby Houses, Garforth	24	Single		Brakesman	Pit Bottom
6	Simpson, George	Garforth	21	Single		Brakesman	Pit Bottom
32	Simpson, John	Oxtoby Houses, Garforth	26	Single		Trammer	John Goodall’s Gate
17	Stead, William Richard Wood	Aberford	24	Married	0	Coal Miner	No.2 Dip
5	Sutton, John	4 New Row, Micklefield	35	Married	5	Deputy	Pit Bottom
29	Swift, Charles	7 East View, Micklefield	36	Single	0	Coal Miner	Firth’s Bord
34	Tallett, Henry Edward	Garforth	41	Married	7	Coal Miner	New North Road
40	Taylor, George Edward Daniel	Newthorpe	25	Married	0	Coal Miner	New North Road
48	Varey, William	3 Bland’s Row, Micklefield	48	Married	8	Machine Coal Cutter	No.3 South Bord
2	Wallis, John	17 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	48	Married	9	Deputy	Office
49	Westerman, Robert	50 Crescent, Micklefield	38	Married	6	Coal Miner	Old North Road
22	Whitaker, Amos	12 Bland’s Row, Micklefield	32	Married	0	Coal Miner	No.4 Dip
43	Whitaker, George Henry	11 Bland’s Row, Micklefield	23	Single		Trammer	John Goodall’s Gate
60	Whitaker, Joseph	20 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	57	Single		Hanger-on	East Level
46	Whitaker, William Naylor	20 Bland’s Cottages, Micklefield	39	Married	1	Coal Miner	No.3 South Bord
25	Wilks, William David	2 Crescent, Micklefield	47	Married	0	Coal Miner	No.5 Dip
15	Wilson, Alfred	Aberford	17	Single		Pony Driver	No.1 Dip
47	Wilson, James	Providence Place, Kippax	29	Married	3	Coal Miner	New North Road
39	Wilson, Joseph	Aberford	59	Married	9	Coal Miner	New North Road
37	Winfield, Herbert	Newthorpe	38	Married	2	Coal Miner	New North Road
9	Winfield, Joseph	31 Crescent, Micklefield	33	Widower	3	Coal Miner	No.3 Dip
10	Winfield, Walter	14 New Row, Micklefield	23	Married	2	Coal Miner	No.3 Dip

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