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Surname
DAMMS
Forename
J.H.
Day
09
Month
07
Year
1902
Age
21
Occupation
Smith's striker
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadeby Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Cadeby
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A rope was being stretched with the crab-engine to test the cappings. The rope fouled the rails on the pit-heap and Damms when loosening it, thoughtlessly stood on the inside of the bend and the liberated rope threw him off the staging and he was killed.