Full Details

Surname

STOTT

Forename

George

Day

13

Month

10

Year

1914

Age

42

Occupation

Dataller

Mine/Quarry Name

Brackley

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Earl of Elesmere

Location

Walkden

County

Lancashire

Details of Event

Deceased and others were engaged in removing debris away from a bottom canch when a fall of roof took place and injured him so severely that he died two weeks later. A fireman and deceased had examined the roof together about an hour before the accident, and both thought it was safe.