Mexborough & Swinton Times, July 1912
The late Mr. G.Y.Tickle H.M. Junior Inspector of Mines
Gilbert Young Tickle was of Liverpool origin and lived at 548 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield
Few incidents connected with the Cadeby disaster present a more tragic aspect than the heroic and untimely end of Mr. G.Y.Tickle. He was 34 years of age and was appointed Inspector in August 1909, being first stationed in Sheffield, then in Leeds, and for the past 12 months in Doncaster as Mr.Pickering’s personal assistant.
During his stay in Yorkshire he has gained the very highest esteem of all with whom he came into contact, both on account of his personal characteristic and professional ability. He was one of the honorary secretaries of the Doncaster Engineering Society, and his efforts in that capacity will be greatly missed.
He was born in Liverpool in 1877 and was educated at the Merchant Taylors School and at George Watson College, Edinburgh. He was articled to Messrs. J. and G.H.Geddes, Mining Engineers, of the latter city, and received his practical training at the colleries belonging to his grandfather’s firm, Messrs Nimmo and Son Limited of Glasgow. Prior to his appointment as Inspector he spent several years in the Lancashire Coalfield.
In temperament Mr.Tickle was deliberate and undemonstrative; but all who knew him testify with enthusiasm to his generosity of heart and mind. He was conspicuously devoted to the duties of his profession, the exacting demands iof which prevented his participating freely in the social life of the town.
On the morning of the disaster he was on his way to Barnsley Main Colliery to investigate the cause of an accident, but hearing of the explosion at Cadeby he went straght to the spot and nobly sacrificed his life in the hope of saving his fellows.
The interment took place at Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow on Friday.
Home Secretary´s Message.
From the Secretary of State, ( addressed to Mr. Redmayne, Chie f Inspector of Mines at Cadeby )
The Home Secretary is greatly shocked at the death of the three inspectors, Pickering, Hewitt and Tickle, and the others in the disaster at Cadeby Main. Will you make known to the relatives and at the mine, his deep sympathy and concern in this great sorrow, and his admiration for the heroism of the men who hazarded their lives to work in the rescue.
The Home Secretary feels it impossible to measure the extent of the loss that his department has suffered by the death of one of the ablest and most experienced inspectors and his two devoted colleagues.