Full Details

Surname

WATSON

Forename

Edward

Day

16

Month

06

Year

1906

Age

44

Occupation

Collier

Mine/Quarry Name

Houghton Main

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Haughton Main Colliery Co. Ltd

Location

Little Houghton

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

He was building a gate pack, and taking the stone from the goaf edge near to it, when some ‘softs’ and ‘bags,’ 2 feet 8 inches thick, suddenly fell over the props set to support it, and killed him.