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Surname
CONVERY
Forename
James
Day
26
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
26
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Holytown
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was engaged in putting loaded tubs of boiler ashes on the cage oil the surface at the shaft low level, to be raised to the top level to be emptied on the debris heap, and, apparently thinking the cage was at the low level he pushed a tub into the open shaft, and fell to the bottom, a distance of 40 fathoms. The gate fencing the shaft was found after the accident to he open, slid had been left open by the deceased.