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Surname
DAWSON
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1943
Age
52
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Runaway hutch. Two Fallin Miners were fatally injured in an accident which occurred in No 4 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, Fallin early on Friday evening (15 January 1943). The men concerned were Alexander Rennie (71), Colliery Fireman and Pumpman, 12 A Block, Fallin and James Dawson (52), Colliery Roadman, 12 Woodside Place, Fallin, both of whom were working on an incline on the main haulage road, when they were struck by a runaway hutch loaded with wood. Rennie suffered severe head injuries and he died in Stirling Royal Infirmary on Saturday morning. Dawson suffered from a fracture of the left leg and also died in the Infirmary on Sunday. (Stirling Observer).