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Surname
FINLAYSON
Forename
Matthew
Day
09
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
17
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Baillesmuir
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Newmains
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was engaged in filling a tub when a piece of the rock roof, 13 feet by 3 feet by 8 feet, in the shape of a truncated prism fell, without warning, from above several props, and striking him on the head killed him instantly.