Full Details

Surname

YATES

Forename

William

Day

25

Month

09

Year

1903

Age

36

Occupation

Stallman

Mine/Quarry Name

Brownhills, No.3

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

William Harrison Ltd

Location

Brownhills

County

Staffordshire

Details of Event

Fall of side (coal) at longwall face in Shallow seam. A rate of coal 6 feet long and 1 foot 6 inches thick fell off face from a sooty back knocking out two posts with stretchers to coal and falling on to deceased as he was passing.