Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 20 October 1927

Miner’s Fatal Exertion.

Mr. T, Kenyon Parker held an inquest at Wath yesterday on Alfred Crossley (67), miner, of Barnsley Road, West Melton, who died in No. 1 Manvers Main Pit on Monday night.

Thomas Holdsworth said that he and the deceased pushed a full tub up an incline of four feet, and shortly after witness found Crossley dead on the floor.

Dr. G. H. Johnstone, of Wath, said that from post-mortem examination he found that Crossley had suffered from diseased arteries. It was possible that the pushing of the tub had caused his death. Any excessive exertion would result his death.

The Coroner, returning a verdict accordance with the medical evidence, said he also found on the evidence that the death was brought about by the exertion of pushing the full tub.