Full Details
- Surname
- BIRCH
- Forename
- William
- Day
- 17
- Month
- 10
- Year
- 1914
- Age
- 39
- Occupation
- Shaftsman
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Bank Hall
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- John Hargreaves Ltd (Exors of)
- Location
- Burnley
- County
- Lancashire
- Details of Event
- Killed whilst ascending shaft in a hoppet when hoppet caught girder and swung to other side of shaft crushing them. 2 killed.
