THE SWAITHE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
The last of the boflies of those who perished in the explosion at the Swaithe Main Colliery has been recovered This makes a total of 143. A sad case of wrong identification oc cnrred. One boy, whose number on the official list was 89, was interred unidentified. On Monday Inspector Stott took the clothing belonging to the lad who was interred to the house of Mrs Kendal, of Ward Green, Wars bro’, who has lost her husband and two sons by the explosion, whilst her third sou narrowly escaped by leaving die pit on the morning ot the exnlosion. After examining the .clothing, together with a brit and other thing's found upon Ipm, she was clearlv able to identify them as belonging to her son. The most painful part of the storv has yet. to he told Mrs Kendal buried a lad as her son. along with her husband and another son, in Warbro’ Common. Very little seems to bo done in the way of forming a relief fund, Hildas the local aid is exhausted, a good deal of distress is being witnessed amongst the bereaved.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 728, 31 March 1876, Page 3
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