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Surname
FARRELL
Forename
Richard
Day
05
Month
09
Year
1900
Age
20
Occupation
Chain Runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cornsilloch
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell
Location
Dalserf
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed as chain runner at an inside haulage and had finished his shift and was on his way to the pit bottom. A rake of hutches drawn by engine power overtook him and he got on to it and was crushed between the top of a water chest which was on the rake and the timber supporting the roof.