Industrial Deaths

1869   Oct Two More Fatal Accidents at the Denaby Main Colliery

1869   Nov Fatal Accident at the Denaby Main Colliery

1870    Fatal Accident – Fall of Roof in Engine Plane – Nattrass, George & Hough, Joseph

1870    Pit Driver dies of Lockjaw – Laybury, Thomas

1870   Oct Fatal Accident at Denaby Main – Phipps, John

1871   Aug Dawes, Richard – Fatal Accident at Denaby Colliery

1871   Oct James Jackson – Fatal Accident

1879   Aug Inquest Denaby.

1879   Sep Fatal Accident at Denaby Colliery

1880   May Shocking Fatality at Denaby Main – Joseph Stacey

1880   Jul Fatal Accident at Denaby – John Wall

1881   Jan Shocking Accident on the Railway at Doncaster

1884   Mar Sad Death of a Keel Captain at Denaby.

1884   Sep Trammer Killed at Denaby – Douglas Cox

1887    Suffocated by Gas at Denaby Main – Edmund Wigley

1887   Jan Fatal Accident at the Denaby Main Colliery

1887   Jun Fatal accident to 14 year old at Denaby Main Colliery

1887   Oct Mining Accident – John Silverwood & John Thomas Roebuck

1887   Oct Mining Accident to Brothers at Denaby Main

1887   Oct The Fatal Accident at Denaby Main.

1888    Sad Fatality – William Troupe

1888   Mar Fatal Accident at Denaby Main – John Humphreys

1888   Mar Dangers of Mining

1888   Sep Sad Fatality at Denaby Main Colliery.

1889   Oct Joiner dies at Denaby Main – Charles Clarke

1889   Oct Terrible Accident to a Man At Denaby.

1889   Oct The Fatality at Denaby Main Colliery.

1890   Mar Colliery Fatality at Denaby Main.

1890   Mar Fatal Termination of Colliery Accident

1890   Mar Inquest at Mexborough.

1890   May Fatally Crushed At Denaby Main Colliery

1890   Jun Fatal Result of Carelessness At Denaby Main.

1890   Jun Sad Death of a Denaby Main Miner.

1891   Jul Conisborough Youth Suffocated at the Orgrave colliery.

1891   Jul Fatal Termination to Colliery Accident

1891   Dec Suffocated At The Powder Works At Denaby – A Dangerous Occupation.

1892   Jun Death of a Powder Worker at Denaby.

1892   Jun Sad Death at Denaby Main Powder Works.

1892   Aug Shocking Fatality at the Conisborough Glassworks

1892   Sep A Warning to Miners.

1892   Oct Fatal Accident at Denaby Main Colliery Last Night.

1892   Oct Fatalities at Houghton Main, Manvers Main & Denaby Main

1892   Oct The Fatal Accident at Denaby Main Colliery

1892   Nov Sad Death of a Miner

1892   Dec Fatal Accident at Cadeby

1894   Jan Sad Death of a Denaby Miner

1895   Nov Fatal Accident at Cadeby Main

1897   Mar Terrible Death of a Youth At Cadeby Main Colliery

1897   May Fatal Accident at Cadeby Main – Inquest on Body of Deceased

1897   Jun Fatal Accident at Cadeby

1897   Aug Fatality Important Test Case over Boy’s Death at the Mine

1897   Oct Sad Fatality at Denaby Main

1898   Feb Fatal Accident at Denaby Main Colliery

1898   Mar Fatality At Denaby’ Main Colliery

1898   Mar Gruesome Topic. – Should Miners Cease Work When Fatality Occurs ?

1898   Apr Fatal Accident at Conisborough.

1898   Apr Singular Fatal Accident at the Conisbro’ Glassworks.

1898   Apr Lundhill Colliery History

1898   Jul Fatality at Denaby Main Colliery.

1899   Mar Fatal Accident at Cadeby Main Colliery.

1899   Mar Fatal Accident At Denaby.

1899   Mar The Fire at Cadeby Main Colliery – Death of Another Victim – The Inquest.

1899   Apr Fatal Accident at Denaby Main Colliery

1899   Apr Claim Against the Denaby Main Colliery Company

1899   Jun Run Over By Railway Waggon at Conisborough.

1899   Aug Fatal Accident at Denaby Main.

1901   Aug Shunting Fatality at Denaby.

1901   Sep Fatal Accident at Denaby Main Colliery.

1901   Nov Fatality at Denaby Main – Colliery – Matthew Taylor

1902   Apr Terrible Accident At Denaby Main.

1903   Mar The Fatality At Cadeby.

1903   Jun Crushed To Death At Denaby. Buried Beneath A Fall Of Roof.

1903   Oct Fatal Accident – Man Killed By Descending Cage

1904   Jan Another Fatality At Denaby – Pony-driver Killed.

1904   Jan Sad Fatality At Denaby Colliery – Boy´s Fatal Slip.

1904   Apr Denaby Miner Buried Alive – A Terrible Death.

1904   Jul Colliery Accident At Denaby

1905   Nov Fatality at Denaby Main – Mexborough Man’s Sad Death

1906   Jan Painter Electrocuted at Cadeby Colliery – A Horrible Fate (picture)

1907   Jun The Fatal Accident to a Pit Sinker

1907   Jul Colliery Mystery at Denaby – Lads Untimely Death

1907   Sep 15 Year Old Pony-driver Run over by Tubs at Denaby Main

1907   Sep Man´s Sad Death. Killed By Over-Loaded Wagon. Safety Suggested.

1907   Sep Denaby Pit Lad’s Death (picture)

1907   Oct Cadeby Colliery Fatality – Filler Buried By Fall of Roof

1907   Oct Denaby Miner’s Death Follows Operation.

1907   Oct Fall of Roof at Denaby Main – Man Crushed To Death.

1907   Oct Killed While Walking Home

1907   Nov Big Fall of Roof At Cadeby – Miner’s Terrible Death

1908   Mar Conisborough Man Killed at Cadeby

1908   Mar Denaby Driver’s Death – Crushed By a Fall of Roof.

1908   Apr Conisbro’ Bricklayer’s Death at Cadeby Colliery.

1908   Apr Funeral of Walter Bennett

1908   Apr How Bennett Died. A Ten Ton Stone. The Inquest.

1908   Apr A Famous International – Walter Bennett Killed – Tragic End of a Brilliant Career

1908   Jul Pony Drivers Death Pathetic Case At Conisbro .

1908   Jul Small Splinter Causes Miner’s Death

1908   Aug Denaby Miners’ Sad Death

1908   Oct Cadeby Miner Killed.

1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases

1908   Nov Crushed By Runaway Tubs – How Did The Accident Happen?

1908   Nov Denaby Miner Killed.

1908   Nov Gigantic Fall of Roof – Driver Crushed To Death – Heroic Rescue by Deputy.

1909   Jan Denaby Miner’s Fatal Injuries

1909   Jan Fatality at Silverwood Colliery – Miner Crushed To Death, 

1909   Jan Miners Buried At Denaby – Two Hours Without Help.

1909   Jan My Neck Is Broken – Denaby Miner’s Last Words.

1909   Feb Buried for Two Hours – One Taken and the Other Left – Miner’s Neck broken

1909   Apr Another Pit Fatality – Miner Buried At Cadeby – Killed In Three Seconds.

1909   May Miner Hero – Bravery Recognised – Edward Medal Awarded.

1909   Jul Cadeby Pit Boy Crushed To Death

1909   Jul Miners’ Dangers – Fatalities in Mexborough District.

1909   Jul Two Colliers Killed –  Ex-Soldier’s Neck Broken at Denaby.

1909   Aug Platelayer Loses An Arm – Mexborough Railwayman’s Death

1909   Oct Killed at the Pit – Inquiry into Death of Two Denaby Men.

1909   Oct Two Miners Killed – Runaway Corves at Cadeby.

1909   Nov Cadeby Calamity – Graphic Story of Survivors – Discrepancies in Evidence.

1910   Apr Looked Over The Cage Side.

1910   May Under Fallen Roof – Miner’s Shocking Death – Ambulance Work Praised.

1910   Oct Buried In Sight Of His Brother – Cadeby Filler’s Sad Death

1910   Dec Inquests at Mexborough and Denaby

1911   Apr Denaby Dataller’s Death – Smothered In The Mine

1911   Jun Denaby Miner’s Death – A Fatal Error of judgement

1911   Aug Cadeby Collier Crushed.

1911   Sep Killed in the Pit – Pony Drivers Mistake

1912   Jan Mining Death Roll – Kilnhurst Footballer Killed.

1912   Jun Cadeby hero – Memorial to be Erected to Manchester scholar

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Archbishop of York Service (picture)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Bringing Out the Dead (pictures)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Cadeby Rescue Team (picture)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Death-Roll Raised To 86.

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Inquiry into the Disaster

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Removing the Bodies

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Rescuers (pictures)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Royal Sympathy.

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Sad Crop of Funerals (picture)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Waiting for News (pictures)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Waiting for News of the Victims (picture)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster – Wives Watching the Funerals (picture)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Ackroyd, William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Beech, James

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Berry, Willie

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Boycott, Joseph

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Bungard, Robert Peel Ivema

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Burdekin, James

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Burns, James

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Burns, Thomas

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Bury, Charles

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Carlton, John William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Carroll, Arthur

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Chapman, Robert William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Croxall, Eli

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Evans, Phillip George

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Evans, Thomas Emrys

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Fleck, Thomas

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Fletcher, Charles William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Fletcher, John

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Flynn, Arthur

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Fox, Joseph Benjamin

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Frankland, William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Gascoyne, Richard

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Godsmark, William H.

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Green William (2)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Green, William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Hancock, Tobias

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Hayden, Michael

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Hindson (Hinton), George

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Mulhearn, John

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Phillips, Jarrett

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Richardson, Frederick

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Rodgers, Cyrus

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Ross, Joseph

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Rowell, Arthur Edward

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Sanders, Samuel Thomas

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Shuttleworth, Joseph

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Smith, John

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Springthorpe, James (Junior)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Stone, Frederick

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Stribley, Thomas

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Summerscales, William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Talbot, Timothy Smith

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Tarbrook, John William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Tickle, Gilbert Young

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Turner, Joseph

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Wallace, William Henry

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Walsh, Thomas

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Walton, Frank

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Ward, Benjamin

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Waters, William David

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Webster, Samuel

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Whitton, George

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Williams, Thomas Samuel

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Wood, Frank

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Henderson, Edward

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Humphries, William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Hunt, Charles Albert

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Jackson, Samuel

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Johnson, Charles

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Jordan, Matthew

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Lambert, William

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Marrow (Marsden), John

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – McDonagh, James

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Mulrooney, Martin

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Neal, Herbert

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Prince, Charles Edward

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Roodhouse, Joseph

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Springthorpe, James (Senior)

1912   Jul Cadeby Disaster Victim – Wimpenny, Richard

1912   Jul Cadeby Pit Disaster 1912 – The Story of the Disaster

1912   Jul Survivors Stories – Saved By King’s Visit

1912   Jul Terrible Pit Disaster – 80 Lives Lost At Cadeby – King Visits The Mine

1912   Jul The King’s Message – Their Majesties’ Sympathy With The Sufferers.

1912   Jul The People who lost their lives – Where they are buried

1912   Jul The People who lost their lives – Where they Lived

1912   Aug Cadeby Disaster – Another Body Recovered – Remainder Expected Race Week.

1912   Aug Editorial – Home Office Inquiry

1912   Aug Fall of Roof. – Fatal Accident at Denaby –  The Inquest.

1912   Aug Funeral Of Another Victim.

1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Monday Afternoon

1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Monday Morning

1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Points From The Enquiry.

1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Tuesday Afternoon

1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Tuesday Morning

1912   Aug Recovery Party In The Exploded Pit – Massive Steel Doors Used – No bodies Yet

1912   Aug Editorial – Cadeby Disaster

1912   Sep Cadeby Disaster – Widows’ Pathetic Disclosure at Inquest – A Painful Incident.

1912   Sep Cadeby Disaster Victim – Steadman, (Young) George

1912   Sep Closing Burial Scenes – Impressive Memorial Service

1912   Sep Mine Giving Up It´s Dead – Four More Bodies Recovered.

1912   Sep The Cadeby Disaster – Recovery of Three More Bodies

1912   Sep The Late Mr Eli Croxall – Story of his Career

1912   Sep The Late Mr S Ellis

1912   Sep What of the Cadeby Heroes?

1912   Oct Crushed Between Falls – Contractor Killed

1912   Oct Fatal Disobedience – Death in a Subterranean Shaft – Killed by the Cage

1912   Dec The Cadeby Disaster – End of the Inquiry – Cusworth’s Pocketbook

1912   Dec The Cadeby Disaster – End of the Inquiry – Inspectors Important Conclusions

1913   Jan Home Office Report

1913   Mar Cadeby Disaster Victim – John WilliamTarbrook

1913   Mar The Cadeby Disaster – Interesting Claims at the County Court

1913   Mar The Last Victim – Cadeby´s Dead Reaches Ninety.

1914   Sep “Gassed” at Colliery

1915   Jan Colliery Contractors Death – Crushed in Denaby Pit – A Question of Delay

1915   Mar Dataller’s death

1915   Jul Killed in the Denaby Mine – Deputies Warning Disregarded

1917   Jul Pony Driver Killed by Fall of Coal

1917   Oct Fatality at Denaby Main – Buried under Fall of Roof

1917   Nov Miner Killed by Fall of Roof

1918   May Fall of Roof Kills Pony Driver

1918   Dec Denaby Deputy’s Death – Killed whilst helping the men

1918   Dec Denaby Pit Tragedy

1919   Jan Deputy Killed by Fall of Stone

1919   Feb Fatal Pit Accident.

1919   Apr Miner Dies from Injuries at Denaby Main

1919   May Gallant Conisbrough Miner – Unselfish Appeal to Rescuers

1919   May Thrilling Story of Rescue Work – Young Miner’s Terrible Experience.

1919   Jul £117 for Loss Of Son.

1919   Nov Buried In The Mine.

1919   Nov Old Workman’s Tragic End

1920   Sep Fatal Accident at Denaby Main – Edmund Brown

1921   Jan Pony Driver’s Death.

1921   Jan Railway Tragedy – Conisbrough Shunter’s Terrible End

1921   Aug Conisborough Brothers in Mine Accidents.

1921   Aug Trapped by a Motor – An Unlucky Oversight.

1922   Jun Fatal Accident at Cadeby – John Burns

1922   Jun Fatal Accident At Cadeby – The Danger of Breaking Coal

1922   Sep Station Accident – Guard Between Platform and His Van.

1923   Feb Boys Terrible Death – Ground to Pieces in Brickworks.

1924   Apr Fatal Accident at Cadeby Colliery – Elderly Labourer Crushed.

1926   Jan Denaby Accident – Young Miner Killed in the “Deep” – Coroner’s Severe Comments

1927   Jan Miner Killed at Denaby – Good Man Lost – Fatal Fall

1927   Sep Accident Mystery – Coroner’s Theory of How Injuries Were Caused.

1927   Sep Safety Ignored -Ten Children Fatherless For Ten Minutes Saved.

1928   Feb Sad Accident at Conisboro’ Cliff – Killed By Train

1928   Feb Typist Killed – Knocked Down by Train at Butterbusk.

1928   Feb Over-Zealous Denaby Boy Killed on Eve of Enlistment.

1928   Apr Took A Chance And Paid With His Life – Conisborough Shunter Killed

1928   Jul Rainbow Bridge Accident

1928   Jul Two Fatal Accidents At Cadeby

1928   Nov Death After Operation – Conisborough Man Injured in Pit over Year Ago.

1929   Jan A Colliery Fatality.

1929   Mar Died After Operation – Sequel to Accident

1929   Jul Denaby Pit Death.

1929   Nov Denaby Pit Fatality – Youth’s Death Caused by Breaking Rule.

1929   Dec Family Insurance – Denaby Claim Paid

1929   Dec Fatal Accident at Yorkshire Main – Conisborough Man’s Escape.

1930   Jan Buried By Fall – One Man Killed: Two Injured at Cadeby Pit.

1930   Mar Accident – Fatal Roof Fall.

1930  Apr 1 Fatally Injured At Colliery Screens.

1930   May Killed By Keystone – Fatal Accident at Conisboro’ Cliff – Quarryman Crushed.

1930   Aug Crushed To Death – Trapped By Trucks – Shunting Mishap.

1930   Oct Crushed Between Tubs – Inquest on Young Colliery Worker – Carried 3000 yards

1930   Oct Fall of Roof Could Not Have Been Prevented

1930   Oct Fatal Accidents – Killed at Denaby and Barnbro’

1930   Oct Killed by Fall of Roof

1931   Jan Dangerous Practice – Pony Driver’s Death at Cadeby

1931   Feb Whirled Round Shaft – Denaby Man Caught in Screen – Unseen Accident.

1931   May Pit Bump – Mexborough Man Killed – Huge Stone

1931   Dec Cadeby Disaster 1912 – Distress Fund

1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931

1932   Feb A Funny Roof – Mexboro’ Miner Killed At Denaby.

1932   May Accident At Denaby Main – Rope Runner’s Death

1932   Jun Killed By Tubs – Boy’s Neck Broken – Unexplained Accident

1932   Dec Escaping From Fall – Broken Ribs Stab Heart & Lungs – Miner’s Death

1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster Inquest – Fatal Seventh Shot

1933   Jan Death from Scratch – Wound Inflamed by Water

1933   Apr Back Broken – Fatal Fall In Denaby Pit – Loose Prop

1933   Apr  Denaby Accident – Tragedy of Broken Rules – Official’s Son Killed

1934   Jan Miner’s Death from Explosion – Fatal Third Shot – Unsuspected Gas

1934   Feb “Faulty” Roof – Fatal Fall at Cadeby Main

1934   Feb “Faulty” Roof – Fatal Fall at Cadeby Main – Denaby Man Killed

1937   Oct Accidents In Pit – One Killed and Two Hurt at Cadeby Main

1937   Oct Death of Man Who Ignored Warning – Doctor Descends Pit

1937   Nov Boy’s Pit Death – Theory That He Tried To Avoid Delay

1938   Feb Denaby Miner Killed – Vain Rescue Bid

1938   Mar Pitboy Trapped – Walking in Forbidden Road from Work

1938   Apr Death of Fourteen Year Old – Did Not Heed Warning – Shortcut Corner On Safety Training

1938   Oct Accidental Death – Miner Killed at Denaby Main

1938   Oct Graphic Story of “Bump”- Miner Sees Mate Killed – Neck Broken by Flying Prop

1940   Jan Man Killed at Cadeby – Shunting Accident

1940   Jun War Measure – Continue to Work if Fatality

1940   Sep Unusual Pithead Mishap – Denaby Man Trapped by Steel Door

1940   Dec Denaby Pit Accident – Killed after Shot Firing (picture)

1941   Jan Scouts’ Death.  

1941   Mar Choked By False Teeth – Denaby Man Crushed Under Fall

1941   Jun Denaby Boy’s Death After Pit Accident

1941   Jul Hard Hat Might Have Saved Him – Denaby Miner Killed

1941   Aug Worked After Fatality – Value of Cadeby Miners Gesture

1941   Sep Denaby Collier’s Fate – Hit by Tub

1942   Apr Runaway Tub – Denaby Mineworker Fatally Injured

1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters

1942   Nov Conanby Miner Killed

1943   Mar Conisbrough Tank Burst Kills Four Workmen

1943   Apr Cadeby Pit Yard Accident – Men Severely Scalded (pictures)

1943   Apr Killed In Cage Crash

1947   Jan Pit Rescue Bid Failed – Five Hours Bravery Commended in Cadeby Roof Fall

1948   Feb Pantomime Went On As Pit Victim Would Have Wished (picture)

1948   May Trapped By Falling Stone – “Accidental Death” Verdict at Denaby

1948   Sep Killed By Fall – Inquest on Denaby Miner

1948   Dec Denaby Miner’s Death

1948   Dec Was Struck by Derrick – Denaby Miner’s Fatal Injuries (picture)

1949   Jan Crushed By Huge Stone – Denaby Miner’s Fate

1949   Apr Died in Two Minutes – Denaby Sixth Pit fatality in 15 months

1949   Sep Death in Cadeby Pit – Due to lifting tubs say jury

1950   Feb Denaby Miner’s Death – Six Ribs Fractured In Pit

1950   Oct Conisbrough Native Escaped Creswell disaster

1950   Oct Save My Pal First

1951   Jun Denaby and Cadeby Gesture – Miners Help `Affray’ Fund

1951   Dec Escaped Barnburgh Entombment – Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby

1951   Dec Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Mineworker

1953   Apr “Sprags” Might Have Saved Miner’s Life – Coroner

1953   May Cadeby Pit Shaft Tragedy – Coroner Commends Friend

1953   May Killed in the Pit at 21 – Cadeby Fatality Yesterday

1957   Jan Desperate Fight To Reach Trapped Men – Two Lives Lost (pictures)

1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Article 1 – Half a Village Orphaned

1957   Oct Inquest on Denaby Miner

1958   Jan Man Crushed By Hopper – Conisbro’ Mishap Reveals Flaw in Control Button

1959   Feb Hit By Skip – Tragic and Unforeseen Mishap at Cadeby

1959   Aug £750 Compensation at Denaby Described as “Ridiculously Low”

1959   Sep Conisbrough Opens Scottish Pit Disaster Fund (video)

1959   Sep Third Fall Sealed Miner’s Fate – Foiled Rescuers – Vain Bid To Clear Debris

1960   Jan Crushed By Stone – Denaby Miner Killed While Making Roof Safe

1966   Mar Man was Crushed in Mishap