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Surname
CUNNINGHAM
Forename
Daniel
Day
04
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
21
Occupation
Miner’s Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Southrigg, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Harthill
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
While taking a full hutch down a road with a gradient of 1 in 20, some timber was apparently knocked out, and a fall of 3 tons of rock occurred. Deceased was found suffocated under the fall, his hutch being some 40 yards on the outbye side.