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Industrial Deaths

Barnburgh Main Broadcast – Coun. T.H. Barker
Struck By Chain – Barnburgh Mineworker’s Death
1909   Sep Hickleton Miner Buried – “I am done.”
1917   Jan Fourteen Year Old Pony Driver is First Fatal Accident
1917   Nov Corporal’s Terrible Death.
1918   Feb Goldthorpe Miner Killed – Men Work To Show Sympathy
1918   May Pony Driver Killed by 5 Tons of Roof
1919   May Pony Driver Killed
1919   Jul Complained of Pain in Back and Died
1919   Jul Manvers Main Fatality – Goldthorpe Miner Killed through a “Bump.”
1921   Jan Goldthorpe Boy Killed by Runaway Tubs.
1921   May Goldthorpe Deputies Death – Adjourned Inquest
1921   Sep Pit Pilfering – Boy Who Lost His Life through It – Deadly “Hiding Place”
1927   Oct Fall of 40 Tons – Engine Man’s Graphic Story of Pit Accident.
1927   Dec Another Tragedy for Family
1928   Mar Fatal Familiarity – Life Lost to Save Two Minutes
1928   May Power Station Tragedy – Shocking Accident – Bridegroom’s Fate.
1928   Sep Jerked To Roof – Goldthorpe Boy Killed by Haulage Rope – Barnburgh Accident
1928   Dec  Mining Deaths – Mystery of Goldthorpe Accident.
1929   May Miner’s Life Lost Through Error of Judgment.
1929   May Trapped By Tubs – Mexborough Youth Killed in Barnburgh Mine – Shocking Injuries.
1929   Jul Jumped the Wrong Way – Goldthorpe Miner Caught by a Bump
1929   Aug Goldthorpe Miner’s Death – A Year-Old Accident Injury
1930   Oct Fatal Accidents – Killed at Denaby and Barnbro’
1930   Dec Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
1931   Jan Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1932   Sep Coroner’s Appeal To Miners – Miner Killed By Big Fall
1937   Nov Killed By Fall – Inquest on Goldthorpe Pit Boy
1938   Oct Miner Killed at Goldthorpe Main Colliery
1938   Oct Barnboro’ Main Pit Re-Opening
1938   Nov Fatal Accident In Pit
1938   Dec Two Killed In Coal Fall at a South Yorkshire Pit
1939   Feb Highgate Youth Killed At Hickleton – Damaged Tub Brings Down Roof
1939   Jul Goldthorpe Miner Killed At Barnburgh Colliery – Accident No One Saw
1941   Jul Thurnscoe By-Worker’s Death – Three Months After Accident
1942   Apr Obituary – Mr Frank C. Chivers
1942   Apr Miner’s Death.
1942   Apr Ripper Killed – Caught By Fall At Barnburgh
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942   May Four Months After Accident – Mine Worker’s Death
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942   Jun Causes of Barnburgh Disaster “Without Precedent in This Country”
1943   Apr Thurnscoe Haulage Hand Crushed
1947   Jan South Yorkshire Pit Disasters
1951   Dec Escaped Barnburgh Entombment – Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby
1957   Jun Barnburgh Main Pit Blast – 20 Miners Burned
1957   Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957   Aug Another Victim of Barnburgh Pit Disaster – Death Toll Now Six
1957   Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1959   Aug Barnburgh Fatality – ‘Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened’
1959   Aug Third Time Unlucky – Pit Accident Victim Had Been Injured Twice Before
1959   Sep “Accidental Death” Verdict – Goldthorpe Man Killed in Barnburgh Pit Mishap
1960   Mar Barnburgh Pit Fatality – Bolton Married Man is Victim
1970   May N.U.M. Official Is Killed
1970   May Walking On Cotton Wool – Pathologist at pit death inquest