Full Details

Surname

WHITEHEAD

Forename

Thomas William

Day

07

Month

08

Year

1914

Age

54

Occupation

Collier

Mine/Quarry Name

Dark Lane

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Mirfield Colliery Co.

Location

Ravensthorpe

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

He was propelling himself along the wagon road to his working face on a low tram 7 inches high, when he slipped off at the flat sheets 200 yards from the coal face and bruised his knee. Gangrene supervened, and he died on the 26th September.