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Surname
WELFORD
Forename
Harry
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
42
Occupation
Shaft Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
New Ingleton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Ingleton Collieries Ltd
Location
Ingleton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Locally known as ‘Cumberland Harry’, deceased was standing on a scaffold in a sinking pit when he slipped through the centre opening and fell about 86 feet into 7 feet of water in the sump. He was rendered unconscious by the fall and, although recovered in about 10 minutes, he was drowned.