Full Details

Surname

YOUNG

Forename

Adam

Day

16

Month

05

Year

1905

Age

36

Occupation

Shotfirer

Mine/Quarry Name

Rotherham Main

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

John Brown & Co. Ltd

Location

Rotherham

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

When charging a vertical hole in the roof of a road with three cartridges of kynite by means of a wooden rammer when the charge exploded killing him and causing injuries to another man. The detonator probably got displaced and in pressing the charge to the top of the hole it came in contact with the side of the hole and was thus exploded.