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The Casualty List – Toll of Pit, Road and River – January to June

December 1932

South Yorkshire Times – December 30, 1932

The Casualty List

Toll of Pit, Road and River

January.

11—Stuart Woodward (25) rope runner Conisboro’, found gassed at his home: Suicide.

15—Roy Hardeman (1 year 10 months), Mexboro’, burned while playing in old glass house yard: Accidental death.

30— Frederick Hugo Dolman (47), contractor Mexboro’ killed by fall of stone in Denaby Colliery : Accidental death.

February.

5—Philip George Wootton, miner, Conisboro’, killed by fall of stone in Cadeby Main : Accidental death

7—Connie Blakemore (5), Deraby, burned at home: Accidental death.

20—John Hyde, Piccadilly, Swinton, found with throat cut: Suicide during fit of depression following influenza.

23—John Charles Spencer (42), miner, West Melton, missing since January 27th: drowned.

March

4—Joseph Adams (28), West Melton, found in bedroom with head wound and lived four years with bullet embedded in brain, Death duo to rupture of abscess caused by bullet wound self-inflicted four years before.

6—Charlotte Hartley (28), Denaby Found drowned

24—Kate Ward (69), Mexboro’ fell on pavement in Bank Street, Mexboro’: Accidental death

Derrick Cartwright (4), West Melton, knocked down by car: Accidental death.

APRIL.

2—Lilian Wood (15), Denaby, clothing caught fire from candle while in domestic service at Derby.

6—Horace Brown, miner, Swinton, died in Montagu Hospital of brain injury: jury attributed death to accident on Angus 16th, 1930, at Manvers Main.

12—Ernest Nash (56), chemist, Barnsley, formerly of Wath, found dead in cellar of shop: Poisoned himself in fit of depression.

14— Fred Law, miner, Swinton, found drowned.

May.

10 – Mary Louisa Brooke (67), widow, Conisboro’, found hanging from bedpost: Suicide while of unsound mind.

11—Joseph Hudson (18), rope runner, Mexboro’, injured by rope at Denaby Main: Accidental death.

15—John Margate (62), miner, Goldthorpe, found hanging in cellar: Suicide while of temporary unsound mind.

24—Thomas Henry Plant (41), miner, Wombwell. found in canal: Suicide during fit of depression

27—Edith Hastie (44), With, recovered from canal, suicide in fit of depression due to nerve trouble.

30—Edwin Severn (20), Mexboro’, with van while cycling at Old Denaby : Accidental death.

Ellis Steel (66), Thurnscoe, found hanging from bedpost: Suicide while of unsound mind.

June

3— Leslie Harrison (23), tailor’s assistant, Wath, fatally injured in motor-cycle combination crash with telegraph pole: Misadventure.

12—Edward Genders (2), Denaby, scalded by boiling fat from upset frying pan: Accidental death

17—Arthur Stephenson (15), haulage hand, Denaby, killed by run of tubs, Denaby Main: Accidental death.