Sheffield Telegraph, January 26, 1878.
Colliery Accident.
Yesterday evening a miner named Edward Roddy, employed at the Denaby Main Colliery, living at the new buildings, Denaby Main, was admitted into the Doncaster infirmary suffering from a fracture of his thigh bone.
Whilst working in the pit during the afternoon some coal fell from the face of the bank and threw him down .
He is progressing as satisfactory as can be expected
