Full Details

Surname

COOPER

Forename

Arthur Edward

Day

05

Month

02

Year

1909

Age

50

Occupation

Hanger on

Mine/Quarry Name

Thorncliffe

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd

Location

Thorncliffe

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

The man had occasion to cross from one side of the pit-bottom to the other, and, in doing so, he went underneath the descending cage instead of going the proper way provided for the purpose. He was caught by the cage and killed.