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Surname
CASSELS
Forename
Robert
Day
20
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
23
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Castlehill, Slaghill Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Hyndshaw
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
They were starting to take a new leaf off a stoop without setting trees under the straps which were needled into the blaes above the coal, a precaution the fireman had instructed them to take. A heavy fall of roof and side took place killing Duffy on the spot, and so injuring Cassels that he died on October 22. Owing to a mistake in counting the number of men below ground the accident was only discovered some five or six hours after it happened.