Mexborough & Swinton Times — March 7, 1914
Pit Workers Charged
More Offences at Denaby and Cadeby
Harold Whitehead, pony driver in the Denaby Pit, for riding on a pony underground, was fined 5s. and costs.
Mr. F. Allen, who appeared for the company, said the practice was a very dangerous one.
In the case of Wm. Glover, driver, employed at the Cadeby Pit, on whom a packet of cigarettes was found, it was stated that it was purely an accident, and that the packet was found in his coat pocket. He was fined 15s., including costs.
John Rigby, another pony driver at Cadeby, was fined 25s. because a match had been found in his waistcoat pocket when he was in the pit on Feb. 21st. He said it was quite by accident that the match was left in the pocket.