Full Details

Surname

SUNDERLAND

Forename

J.J.

Day

12

Month

03

Year

1902

Age

49

Occupation

Engineman

Mine/Quarry Name

Thornley Lane Quarry

Mineral Worked

Sandstone

Owner

Herbert Widdup

Location

Midgley

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

He was lifting a 9-ton stone from one side of the quarry to the other with a jib crane. For some unknown reason he threw the engine out of gear with the result that the machinery was wrecked and the boiler rolled upon him and killed him.