New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
TAYLOR
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
05
Year
1909
Age
30
Occupation
Ripper and Packer
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fountain & Burnley Ltd
Location
Darton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and two other men were repairing and enlarging a roadway. One of the men knocked out a bar with a hammer and Taylor was fatally injured by the fall of roof which followed. Proper timber drawing appliances should have been used.