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Surname
GOODWIN
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
12
Year
1906
Age
30
Occupation
Runrider
Mine/Quarry Name
Thrybergh Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & J. Charlesworth Ltd
Location
Kilnhurst
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was riding on a full train of tubs which were being brought to the shaft, and thinking one of three tubs which were behind him had got off the road he raised his head to see, and, in doing so, it was caught by a ledge in the roof, and he was so seriously injured that he died on reaching Rotherham Hospital. The train was moving at a slow speed, not more than two miles an hour at the time. Pillars are being taken out by the side of the road, and the floor is continually lifting, and it is necessary therefore to keep making height. At the point where he was caught the height was 3ft 9in which gives 9in space between the top of the tub and the roof.