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Robert Mitchell Ruff
| Age: | 60 |
| Died: | 23rd Jul 1924 |
| Accident: | 23rd Jul 1924 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1864 |
| Colliery: | Orgreave |
| Company: | United Steel Companies Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Notes: | He had filled 17 tubs off a bord buttock face at the gate end and was in the act of collecting his tools at the end of the shift, when a fall of roof occurred which discharged seven props and buried him. The place was well timbered and had been visited by the deputy an hour before the fall occurred. The stone which fell on deceased weighed about 22 cwts. The whole fall extended over the full width of the gate and weighed from four to five tons |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Falls in Mines :: Falls of Roof |
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- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 58, Accident Number: 49
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