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Surname
DONNELLY
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1901
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Swinhill, No.6 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Larkhall
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
When about to descend the shaft from the pithead the engineman started the engine the wrong way and overwound the cage out of which they fell down the shaft. Another man in the cage escaped. 2 killed.