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Surname
BARNARD
Forename
Robert
Day
10
Month
01
Year
1910
Age
40
Occupation
Night Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Manvers Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manvers Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Wath upon Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was getting upon the cage to go up, the proper signals having been given, when the cage started without the starting signal. Barnard's leg was caught between the "slipper" on the cage and the wooden guide, and he was carried up the shaft 50 yards.