Frank Greenwood

Unsolved Murders

Age: 23

Sex: male

Date: 1 Dec 1911

Place: Bradford Beck, Thornton Road, Bradford

Frank Greenwood, Jonathan Bartle and John Lumley were killed in two explosions in Bradford Beck which ran beneath several mills at about 7am on the morning of 1 December 1911.

The explosions, which were separated by about a minute, were thought to have been caused by petrol that was allowed to drain into the beck.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Yorkshire Evening Post - Wednesday 17 January 1912

see London Daily News - Thursday 08 February 1912

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 13 July 1912

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 02 November 1912

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 21 December 1912

see Northern Whig - Thursday 08 February 1912

see Wells Journal - Thursday 07 December 1911

see The Scotsman - Friday 22 December 1911

see Hansard

see Bradford Timeline

see National Library of Scotland

see Unsolved 1911