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Surname
WALTON
Forename
Ernest
Day
21
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
42
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Barnsley Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Barnsley Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Barnsley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A train of 22 tubs ran back into a passbye through the breakage of a haulage rope, and when the tubs were being cleared away a fall of roof occurred killing three men outright and fatally injuring a fourth, who died the same night. 4 killed.