Full Details

Surname

BUFFEN

Forename

James

Day

08

Month

12

Year

1903

Age

30

Occupation

Night overman

Mine/Quarry Name

Saltwells, No.37

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Earl of Dudley

Location

Cradley

County

Worcestershire

Details of Event

While firing three shots of gunpowder together by safety fuse he returned after only two of the shots had exploded. The third shot exploded while he was standing under it and the coal fell on him and killed him. He and two other men with him thought they had heard three explosions.