Full Details
- Surname
- WINSON
- Forename
- Fred
- Day
- 16
- Month
- 05
- Year
- 1909
- Age
- 32
- Occupation
- Stoker
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Treeton
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Rothervale Collieries Co. Ltd
- Location
- Treeton
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- He was opening the stop valve on the main steam pipes when the valve cover burst, and he was fatally scalded with the rush of steam. A ‘water-hammer’ probably caused the accident.
