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Surname
CLARK
Forename
Joseph
Day
17
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
74
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Selston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Barber, Walker & Co.
Location
Underwood
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
A new winding rope had been lowered down the shaft and was being adjusted on the drum of the winding engines when the grapplers at the pit top allowed the rope to slip through and drop down the shaft. The rope struck the deceased and cut his right leg off. He died on the 2nd December.