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- Surname
- RHODES
- Forename
- Ben Albert
- Day
- 26
- Month
- 11
- Year
- 1909
- Age
- 35
- Occupation
- Manager
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Hoyland Silkstone
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Hoyland Silkstone Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
- Location
- Hoyland
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- He was standing on a cross beam 24 feet from the ground helping to lower a derrick pole with a length of spun yarn. The yarn was rotten and broke with the weight of the pole. This caused him to loose his balance and he fell to the ground and was killed.
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