Full Details

Surname

WEATHERALL

Forename

William

Day

29

Month

09

Year

1914

Age

50

Occupation

Washer Fireman

Mine/Quarry Name

Trimdon Grange

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Walter Scott Ltd

Location

Trimdon Grange

County

Durham

Details of Event

Deceased was caught by the revolving shafting driving the pistons of a Luhrig washer, and whirled around and killed. It is supposed that he had climbed on to the coal feed box to feel whether the eccentrics were running cool.