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Surname
CLEMENTS
Forename
Joseph
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1910
Age
19
Occupation
Rope Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Wimblebury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hednesford
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was a rope-rider on a main and tail haulage road, and was riding behind a set of 16 full tubs, when in going up the steepest part of the road, the coupling chain between the second and third tubs broke. The drag failed to hold the 14 tubs which ran back, and deceased, who appeared to have run down the hill some distance in front of the tubs, was caught and killed. The coupling broke at a bad weld.