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- Surname
- BIRKETT
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 19
- Month
- 11
- Year
- 1912
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Miner
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Little Langdale Slate
- Mineral Worked
- Slate
- Owner
- Tilberthwaite Green Slate Co. Ltd
- Location
- Tilberthwaite
- County
- Lancashire
- Details of Event
- While making an examination of a shot-hole which had been fired several times, a mass of stone, shaken by the repeated shots, fell from a point in the side just above his head and crushed him. Died 2nd December.
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