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Surname
SERGEANT
Forename
Harold
Day
15
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
15
Occupation
Tub Coupler
Mine/Quarry Name
Denaby Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Denaby
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
His duty was to couple the tubs, coming the shaft, together to make up trains of 24 tubs. The tubs were coupled in two and sent forward to him down a slight incline. He steadied the tubs with two lockers and occasionally, if the tubs came too quickly for him, by placing a piece of wood called a ‘dick’ across the rails. He was found crushed between a tub full wedges and a brick wall at a curve. No one saw the accident but it is surmised the tub of wedges being heavier was coming more quickly than empty one and he put the dick in front of one wheel and this caused it to run off the rails.