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Surname
ARMOUR
Forename
Richard
Day
30
Month
08
Year
1956
Age
Occupation
Colliery Locomotive Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Knockshinnoch Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
New Cumnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Richard Armour, colliery locomotive driver, 19 Leggate, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, died on 30 Aug 1956 in the underground workings of Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, parish of New Cumnock,, Ayrshire, when he was crushed between a moving locomotive and a water pipe at the side of the haulage road"