Full Details

Surname

WHITWORTH

Forename

Edward

Day

25

Month

03

Year

1914

Age

54

Occupation

Holer

Mine/Quarry Name

Pilsley

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Pilsley Colliery Co. Ltd

Location

Pilsley

County

Derbyshire

Details of Event

He was holing 5 feet under and bad no second sprags set. About 2 tons of the front of the coal burst off fracturing his left collar bone. The bone pierced his lung, and he died on the 30th April from shock and bronchitis.