Full Details
- Surname
- MARTIN
- Forename
- George
- Day
- 16
- Month
- 02
- Year
- 1942
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Repairer
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Barnsley Main
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Barrow Barnsley Main Collieries Ltd
- Location
- Barnsley
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- Explosion killed 13. Explosion of firedamp caused by arc forming between core of cable and moving nut on rocker arm of conveyor. Died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
