Full Details

Surname

TAYLOR

Forename

Richard

Day

21

Month

12

Year

1901

Age

45

Occupation

Stallman

Mine/Quarry Name

Griff Clara

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Griff Colliery Co.

Location

Nuneaton

County

Warwickshire

Details of Event

Fall of roof. Deceased was getting top coal from a goaf or waste when the rock above the coal fell from a slip and killed the deceased. The fall knocked a prop out which was set up to the rock for the protection of the men working there.