Full Details

Surname

STEVENS

Forename

Samuel

Day

27

Month

07

Year

1914

Age

40

Occupation

Fireman

Mine/Quarry Name

Clifton Hall

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Andrew Knowles & Sons Ltd

Location

Clifton

County

Lancashire

Details of Event

Two datallers were taking floor up to make more height. They had unwittingly disturbed some props acting as supports. Deceased on his round of examination came to these men and sat down to converse with them. He had only been there a few minutes, when a large fall of roof occurred displacing the above-mentioned props and burying deceased.