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Surname
CONVERY
Forename
James
Day
08
Month
11
Year
1905
Age
28
Occupation
Boiler fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Graighead Quarry
Mineral Worked
Owner
John Baillie
Location
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was in Airdrie and lost the train he started to walk to his home at Whitburn 9 miles away and near the quarry on the Edinburgh and Glasgow road he sat down and fell asleep; when he awoke he took the wrong road and wandered to the quarry and crossing the fence he fell into the quarry and was killed. He was the worse of drink.