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Surname
WOODWARD
Forename
Herbert
Day
07
Month
02
Year
1913
Age
25
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Rufford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Rainworth
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of the barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it. 14 killed.