On Thursday, 16th November 1854, 4 men were killed in
a fearful boiler explosion
at William Balmforth's Marshall Hall Mill, Elland.
About 8:20 am, John Hepworth [or Hepburn] was firing up one boiler when the other exploded. Hepworth was buried in the ruins but escaped alive.
4 men who were having breakfast at the time, were blown up and killed.
The dead men were
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