Full Details

Surname

VARDY

Forename

George

Day

16

Month

04

Year

1909

Age

16

Occupation

Labourer

Mine/Quarry Name

Clock Face

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd

Location

St Helens

County

Lancashire

Details of Event

When attending to some tubs moved by a creeper (or movable chain) worked by machinery, he accidentally got his leg fatally crushed by the creeper. He expired from the effects of the injuries received the following day.