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Surname
DOWNIE
Forename
Robert
Day
08
Month
03
Year
1907
Age
23
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bridgeness
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bridgeness Coal Co.
Location
Grangepans
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased took off some projecting coal and as soon as it came away a large stone fell from between two parallel lypes and killed him instantly. The fireman was close by at the time and had a narrow escape. The lypes were unseen prior to the accident.