Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 25 January 1912

Mining Death Roll.

Kilnhurst Footballer Killed.

Two inquests on the bodies of victims of colliery accidents were held in the Mexborough district yesterday.

The first, at Conisborough, concerned the death of Walter Hall, a seventeen-year-old boy, son of John Henry Hall, mechanic, of 59, Northcliff Road, Conisborcugh, who fractured his skull at the Cadeby Colliery, where he was employed, on the 11th inst., and died from the effects of his injuries on Monday.

The deceased was carrying two brasses, one each shoulder, and whilst crossing the pit top his foot caught in an obstruction, and, with his hands full, he was heavily thrown.

The Coroner, summing up, said it was remarkable thing that the lad picked up the brasses and walked back to the power-house whilst suffering from a fractured skull

A verdict, of “Accidental death” was returned.

A similar verdict was returned at a Mexborough inquest on the body of Samuel Burkinshaw (23), of Kilnhurst, a well-known footballer, who was injured in the Thrybergh Hall mine, on Monday, and died the same day.

The deceased went to fetch run of tubs, and when found lying on the track said he was standing on the cliver, and his shoulders caught a low bar.

He was terribly crushed about the chest.