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Surname
DALE
Forename
Edward
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1913
Age
16
Occupation
Cage Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Ardeer East, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glengarnock Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Stevenston
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed to put empty tubs on the cage on the night shift. There was no automatic shaft fence at the pithead level, and he, for some reason, opened the swing gate, when the cage was net there, and pushed an empty tub into the shaft, and fell after it.