John D. Brugh
Role: Chainman
Date of death: 03 Jun 1917
Cause of death: Carbon monoxide poisoning
John D. Brugh was a chainman working in the No. 6 mine. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning while inspecting the mines, alongside four others. The gas, often a by-product of methane explosions in the mines, was undetected until it was too late.