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Surname
FARNSWORTH
Forename
Joseph
Day
14
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
55
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged holing in a place 12 feet wide in stoop and room workings. He had two sprags set under the coal; part of it, however, broke over him owing to an unseen lype behind the holing, and fell on him, and injured him so severely that he died the same day.