PERCHED on top of a pile of coal with his face frozen in “absolute terror”, the death of Zigmund Adamski left police baffled.
The 56-year-old miner – known as “Ziggy” to his pals – had popped out to buy groceries never to be seen alive again.
BBCZigmund Adamski was found dead in June 1980[/caption] BBCA reconstruction showed how he was discovered on top of a 10ft coal pile[/caption]His body was found five days later on top of a 10ft high coal pile in Todmorden – 30 miles from his home in Tingley, West Yorkshire.