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Surname
CROMBIE
Forename
David
Day
01
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
19
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Carfin, No.3.
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Carfin
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He apparently thought the cage was at a mid-landing, and opened the gate, protecting the shaft, pushed his hutch into the shaft and fell with it 40 fathoms to the low bottom. The lighting of the mid-landing was not adequate.