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Surname
RODDA
Forename
Samuel James
Day
25
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
20
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Barlborough, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Clowne
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another youth bad been instructed to take some rails on a trolley down an inclined roadway. They were told that the load must not exceed five pairs, but they were attempting to take ten pairs. The trolley ran away, and a hook on the holding-back chain getting into deceased’s boot, he was pulled down the incline and killed.