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Surname
CANNON
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
46
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hoyland Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hoyland Silkstone Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Hoyland
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He had finished his work and was travelling to the shaft when he was knocked down by a set of empty tubs and killed. The refuge holes were at the required distance He had been warned to get into one of them and apparently, as his lamp was found lying opposite one, had been attempting to do so when he was caught by the tubs.