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Surname
MAWSON
Forename
Frank
Day
03
Month
03
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Banksman
Mine/Quarry Name
Manvers Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manvers Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Wath upon Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The action of brake on drop cages on the surface had become disarranged, and the assistant enginewright was readjusting it. He told all the persons employed near to stand clear, but deceased must have misunderstood him, for he went to push some full tubs off the drop cage and the assistant enginewright released the brake; the cage ascended, and he was caught between the bottom of the cage and the upper floor of the pit head.