Full Details

Surname

TIFFEN

Forename

Robert

Day

14

Month

07

Year

1902

Age

26

Occupation

Quarryman

Mine/Quarry Name

Coanwood Quarry

Mineral Worked

Whinstone

Owner

Coanwood Whinstone Co. Ltd

Location

Harper Town

County

Northumberland

Details of Event

A charge of about 30 lb.. of gunpowder had been inserted in a fissure in the rock and the deceased men had lit the fuse when the charge exploded. Probably some grains of powder at the edge of the fissure were ignited and the charge thereby fired or it nay have been done by sparks from the burning fuse. 2 killed.