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A. Jarvis
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 15th Oct 1889 |
| Accident: | 12th Oct 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1867 |
| Colliery: | East Gawber |
| Company: | R. Craik and Co. |
| Occupation: | Corporal |
| Notes: | Thrown out when riding on a corf. Died 15th Oct |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An accident having a fatal termination occurred at East Gawber Colliery, near Barnsley, on the 12th October. Three young men going to work on that day went past the entrance of the travelling road along the old engine plane, and uncoupled an empty timber corf which was standing behind some full corves to be drawn out. They got on to this corf and rode down the plane, about 1,700 yards, the last 180 yards having a gradient of about one inch to the yard. All control over the corf was completely lost, and it dashed round a curve into the side. All the men were injured, and one of them, Jarvis, died three days later. Of course they had no business to take the corf as they did, and one of them paid the penalty of such rashness with his life.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 21 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 83 Where to find this report
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