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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
George
Day
22
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
21
Occupation
Electrician
Mine/Quarry Name
Rotherham Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Rotherham
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was walking up an endless rope haulage road when he was caught by a runaway empty tub which had become liberated from the hauling rope owing to a defective link of a lashing chain breaking. The chain was made of iron 5-16in. diameter but the weld had not been a good one. Refuge holes are provided within the distances required by the Coal Mines Act but the travelling way is between the rail roads and the deceased had evidently become confused he would not be able to tell whether the runaway tub was an empty or full one-and did not get into a refuge hole.