Leeds Mercury – Monday 05 August 1918
A Batch of Miners Fined
At Doncaster, Saturday, Albert Aykroyd, pit hand, Mexborough, was fined £3 for damaging a safety lamp:
James Sheldon, colliery contractor, Mexborough £4 for leaving a prop in the gob;
John Collins, miner, Denaby, £3 for damaging a lamp;
and George Taylor, pit hand, Conisborough £3 for going to sleep in the mine whilst in charge of a powerful motor.
All the offences took place in the Denaby pit of the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company.