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Surname
MARRIS
Forename
Walter Tom
Day
20
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
26
Occupation
Fitter
Mine/Quarry Name
Barnsley Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Barnsley Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Barnsley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was descending the No.4 upcast shaft in which there was only one cage to the Abdy Seam for the purpose of repairing a heading machine in that seam. At the time there were two colliers and two hurriers at work and one of the latter acted as hanger-on. The banksman allowed the deceased to get into the cage without sending a signal down to the Abdy seam and receiving a reply from the hanger-on and, as a consequence there was no hanger-on to receive him, and in getting out of the cage he by some means feel into some water at the bottom of the shaft, a distance of over 300 yards and was killed.