| Disasters - Names |
|
Disasters - Names | ||
 |
 |
|||
| Date: | 1st March 1873 |
| Colliery: | Springwell |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
 |
 |
| Description | |
|
|
Accident No. 14 resulted in the death of James Willis, a deputy at Springwell Colliery. He was taking out a prop in the Low Main Seam, and another deputy was holding a light for him, when a "cauldron bottom," which has a slippery parting in the strata, and generally comes away without warning, fell on to him from the roof and caused his death.
| Source: | 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056) |
|
|
| Fatalities | |
|
|
Willis, James, aged 26, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone | |
All names found |
Return
Return to Top
