Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 09 September 1892

Accidents

on Wednesday morning Joseph Eccles, a fitter at the Cortonwood Colliery was engaged with a number of other men putting in a new rope at the driving shaft when he got his right hand between the pulley and wrote, severely crushing it.

It is expected it will have to be amputated.

He was removed to the hospital.

On Tuesday a boy named Joseph law, who resided with his parents in Hawson St, Wombwell, and who is employed as a pony driver at the Darfield Main Colliery, had all his teeth kicked out by his horse, and his jawbone was broken