Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 03 March 1890
Fatal Termination of Colliery Accident
Yesterday afternoon Robert Good, married man, whose home at Denaby, died at the Mexborough Montagu Cottage Hospital from the effects of the injuries sustained whilst following his work as a collier on Monday in the Denaby Main Pit.
The poor fellow was terribly injured by a fall of coal. He was immediately removed to the hospital, and from then up to the time of j his death received unremitting attention from the hands of Dr. Sykes and his assistants.
His condition was regarded as hopeless from the commencement He was suffering from a very bad compound comminuted fracture of the skull, and a simple fracture of the right leg.
Almost immediately on his arrival the hospital it was thought necessary to remove two or three pieces bone that were pressing on the brain.