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Surname
SYKES
Forename
Ernest
Day
28
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
15
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Manvers Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manvers Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Wath upon Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was pulling a set of 12 empty tubs and a tram loaded with rails, to which the haulage rope was attached, into a pass-bye with his pony, when he stumbled and fell. Two of the tubs passed over him and caused such injuries that he died at Mexborough Hospital the same day.