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Surname
DEVINE
Forename
Michael
Day
28
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
36
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Bonnyside
Mineral Worked
Fireclay
Owner
James Dougall & Sons Ltd
Location
Bonnybridge
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Deceased and other sinkers were opening out the pit bottom in a fireclay seam, on top of which is a thin seam of coal. A part of this coal was overhanging, and attempts were made to take it down, but failed; shortly after it fell upon deceased causing injuries to which he succumbed half an hour later. The coal came away from a "lype" and pot bottom which were unseen.