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Surname
COOK
Forename
Archibald
Day
21
Month
03
Year
1931
Age
Occupation
Haulage Machine Operative
Mine/Quarry Name
Shewalton, Oldhall Pit?
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A. Kenneth & Sons Ltd
Location
Irvine
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
21 March 1931: Irvine Man Dies At Work - On Saturday, a young married man named Archibald Cook, who resided at Montgomery Street, Irvine, was found dead beside an electric haulage machine in Oldhall pit. He had a few minutes before lowered a rake of hutches to the pit bottom but suspicion that something was amiss was aroused when no heed was paid to another signal to draw away a loaded rake, and inquiry was made. Death was due to heart failure. [Scotsman 23 March 1931]