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Surname
WARD
Forename
Joseph
Day
10
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
43
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Orgreave
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rothervale Collieries Ltd
Location
Handsworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A train of six full tubs coming up-hill from the workings had run into a prop after getting off the rails. When put right and restarted the haulage rope broke, at a knot which had been tied some, months earlier. The train ran back on the drag and deceased was fatally crushed against the side of the roadway.