Full Details

Surname

THORPE

Forename

Henry

Day

09

Month

09

Year

1901

Age

16

Occupation

Drawer

Mine/Quarry Name

Garswood Hall, No.2 Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd

Location

Ashton-in-Makerfield

County

Lancashire

Details of Event

Inquiry made. He was going to his working place pushing an empty tub when the tub got off the rails and he fell upon a small glass oil bottle which he was carrying in his hand it pierced the brachial artery and he expired in two hours time after being brought to the surface.