Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 04 January 1930
Buried By Fall.
One Man Killed: Two Injured at Cadeby Pit.
A side fall of coal in the Barnsley seam at Cadebv pit early yesterday buried three men.
One, Dennis Cook (34), a haulage hand, of 49, Daylands Avenue, Conisborough, was killed, and two of his mates were seriously injured.
The two latter were John Donaghue (31), of Wadsworth Road, Denaby and H. Woodward (35), of Anerley Street. Denaby, who are now lying in Fullerton Hospital, Denaby. Donaghue is suffering from fractured right leg and injuries to the body, and Woodward is suffering from cuts and bruises all over the body.
The three men were working in the Barnsley seam of the pit when a section of the roof and side of the roadway fell in, burying them. Rescue men were very prompt in removing the debris and had the unfortunate men extricated. Cook was found to be dead.
The inquest will be opened formally to-day.