Sheffield Independent – Friday 29 August 1879
Fatal Accident at Denaby.
Yesterday, Joseph Griffiths, aged 47, who was employed at the Denaby Main Colliery as a filler of coal, was found dead under a tip at the colliery.
The tip is about 16 feet above the ordinary surface, and it is supposed the deceased had met his death by falling therefrom.
An inquest will be held.