Full Details

Surname

UNWIN

Forename

George Priestly

Day

04

Month

08

Year

1910

Age

30

Occupation

Dataller

Mine/Quarry Name

Tankersley

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd

Location

Thorncliffe

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

Whilst detaching the bridle from it coal-cutting machine it piece of rock 11 feet long, 8 feet wide and 1.25 feet thick fell upon him. The fall came from the edge of a "pot hole" and displaced a prop. More timber should have been set.