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Surname
MATTY
Forename
George
Day
03
Month
03
Year
1907
Age
53
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Hoyland Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hoyland Silkstone Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Hoyland
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Some repairs were being done in the upcast shaft at night time and he was assisting the shaftman. He and the banksman had been cutting a piece of wood with a saw on the pit hill and after doing so the banksman took the saw into the engine house. Deceased followed him and while they were there a signal was received from the men in the shaft and the banksman got through a window to go by a shorter road to the pit hill. The deceased attempted to follow him but in getting out lost his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of 12 feet and was seriously injured about the head He died on the 21th inst. The road they were going by was totally unfenced and quite unfit to be used at night time and they should have travelled by the proper road which was provided.