Full Details

Surname

WOODHOUSE

Forename

George

Day

13

Month

12

Year

1910

Age

27

Occupation

Sinker

Mine/Quarry Name

Thorne

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Pease & Partners Ltd

Location

Moorends

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

The clamp of a rope holding a suspended pump in a sinking pit slipped, and the pump and its attachments fell to the bottom of the shaft. The deceased was forced under the water and drowned. Several other men were slightly injured.