{"id":3276,"date":"2025-01-01T16:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:26:04","slug":"1865-james-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3276","title":{"rendered":"1865 &#8211; James Higgins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Higgins was 51 years old when he was killed by a firedamp explosion at the Bower and Sons Allerton Colliery on the 31st October 1865.<br>He was buried at Swillington church on November 3rd 1865.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Higgins-MDV-1024x504.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Higgins-MDV-1024x504.png 1024w, 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