Accidents at the Denaby Main Colliery

March 1898

Sheffield Independent – Friday 04 March 1898

Accidents at the Denaby Main Colliery

Thomas Williams, a pony driver, of Denaby, has been admitted to the Mexboro’ Hospital with both his legs broken.

It appears that a pony got away from him and dragged him down, a full corve running over him.

He is progressing favourably.

Thomas York, a  miner a at Denaby Colliery, was admitted to the hospital on  Wednesday with a broken leg. owing to a fall of call.

John Henry Sharp, miner, of Thurnscoe is also in the Hospital suffering from an injury to his back cause by a fall of coal in the Hickleton Main Colliery