Full Details
- Surname
- WILKES
- Forename
- Joseph
- Day
- 23
- Month
- 06
- Year
- 1902
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Collier
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Houghton Main
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Houghton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
- Location
- Little Houghton
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- Roof of his working place collapsed and he was buried under 100 tons of rock and his body was not recovered for 17 hours. Cause converging slips and a sudden weight.
