Full Details

Surname

BRADLEY

Forename

Edward Harrison

Day

18

Month

12

Year

1900

Age

14

Occupation

Greaser

Mine/Quarry Name

Whitehaven, Wellington Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Whitehaven Colliery Co.

Location

Whitehaven

County

Cumberland

Details of Event

Inspection made. He was employed as a greaser on an endless rope haulage plane when by some means he was caught by a full set and dragged over 200 yards. There was no empty set within 500 yards at the time and the speed of the rope was under three miles an hour.