Keywords: meltham auctions huddersfield chronicle huddersfieldchronicle 1894 sefton mills, meltham seftonmillsmeltham Auction of items from Sefton Mills, Meltham, from the Huddersfield Chronicle (03/Nov/1894). During the course of the auction on 8 November 1894, the wooden floor of the room collapsed, pitching 30 to 40 people into a disused gasometer tank below, which had around 18 inches in mud in it. James Bentley Crosland, son of Alderman James Crosland, was trapped face down in the mud under a pile of debris and died before he could be rescued. One of the auctioneers, James Waterhouse Taylor, later died of his injuries on 6 December. Auction of items from Sefton Mills, Meltham, from the Huddersfield Chronicle (03/Nov/1894). During the course of the auction on 8 November 1894, the wooden floor of the room collapsed, pitching 30 to 40 people into a disused gasometer tank below, which had around 18 inches in mud in it. James Bentley Crosland, son of Alderman James Crosland, was trapped face down in the mud under a pile of debris and died before he could be rescued. One of the auctioneers, James Waterhouse Taylor, later died of his injuries on 6 December. |