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Surname
GIBB
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
26
Occupation
Waggon Trimmer
Mine/Quarry Name
Belhaven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Wishaw
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased had charge of Ell coal and common dross screens and ran his own waggons to screens. He had five empty waggons at common dross screen coupled together one which was loaded he ran out, and put a second after which he seems to have been passing" behind when the three others moved slowly three waggons down, and he was crushed against the buffers of the second. The three waggons behind had not been trigged up.