Killed in the Pit at 21 – Cadeby Fatality Yesterday

May 1953

South Yorkshire Times May 2nd 1953

Killed in the Pit at 21

Cadeby Fatality Yesterday

Eric Sellars (21) miner, Annerley Street, Denaby received fatal injuries when working in the Barnsley seam of No. 1 Pit Cadeby Main colliery, Conisbrough, yesterday.

He was pulling off tubs at the hydraulic lift when an accident occurred.

Sellars, who was single, lived with his father, Leonard Stellars.