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Surname
GRAY
Forename
Henry
Day
27
Month
02
Year
1913
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lassodie Mill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged in driving a heading towards a pump lodgement which contained a small quantity of water. Short boreholes were being put through and orders given that if water was found coming through the men were to withdraw. Water came through and deceased and his Drawer withdrew for a time, but returned to the place, and holed to within 1 foot 6 inches of the lodgement. A block of coal between two slips then gave way, and deceased was carried by the water and the debris to the foot of the beading which had an inclination of about 1 in 2, a distance of 200 feet, where he was found dead. Death was due to shock and suffocation. The Drawer was carried down for a distance, but escaped with severe bruises.