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Surname
CHURCH
Forename
Francis (Injured)
Day
12
Month
02
Year
1923
Age
47
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
12 February 1923: Miner Killed In Stirling Pit – No.3 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, Fallin, near Stirling, was the scene early yesterday morning of an accident involving the death of one man and the serious injury of another through the fall of a large portion of the roof of one of the roads. The man who lost his life was Thomas M'Ewan, 40, miner, 26 Abbey Road, Stirling, and the injured man Francis Church, 47, miner, 27 King Street, Stirling. [Scotsman 13 February 1923]