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Surname
VARNEY
Forename
Alfred
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
19
Occupation
Horse Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Ryefield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Denby Iron Co.
Location
Denby
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof. Deceased took six empty tubs up an inclined roadway and neglected to use a drag or back-stay behind them. He uncoupled the last four and they ran away down the road knocking the timber out which was supporting the roof of the roadway. The roof fell and killed deceased.