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Surname
GORMAN
Forename
William
Day
26
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
17
Occupation
Miner’s Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methill
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased had filled five or six hutches of coal from the front of 12 feet of overhanging coal holed 4 feet under at the face of a level, and was filling away a small quantity of redd, after which it was intended to put up a sprag. Before this was done, however, a slab of coal and stone rolled over and fractured the base of his skull. He died about 14 hours later.