George was killed in an accident at Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery in 1914. [2] He had detached the rope from the front end of a load of full tubs on its arrival at the pit bottom when the second tub turned over and pinned him against the side fatally injuring him. [3]
↑ Web: UK, Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths Index, 1878-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Coalmining Accidents and Deaths; Archive: The Coalmining History Resource Centre. (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 August 2019)
↑ UK census 1891 RG12/3780/~F76 - 10 Hunt Street, Hoyland Nether, Barnsley, Yorkshire (https://ukcensusonline.com : accessed 24 August 2019)
↑ UK census 1901 RG13/4331/F? - 58 Tankersley, Yorkshire (https://ukcensusonline.com : accessed 24 August 2019)
↑ UK census 1911 - 98 Tankersley, Nr Barnsley, Yorkshire (https://ukcensusonline.com : accessed 24 August 2019)
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