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Surname
DUNSMORE
Forename
William
Day
03
Month
12
Year
1900
Age
25
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Stonelaw, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Farme Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Rutherglen
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He pushed a full hutch into the open shaft at a mid-working in a blind pit, and fell after it to the bottom. The cage was at the pit bottom, and he evidently thought it had been raised to the mid-working.