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Surname
BARBOUR
Forename
William
Day
16
Month
06
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Afton, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Cumnock Collieries Ltd
Location
New Cumnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
16 June 1927: William Barbour, miner, Burnside, was killed in Afton No.1 Pit, belonging to the New Cumnock Collieries, Ltd., through a stone falling and pinning him down. When extricated life was extinct. [The Sunday Post 19 June 1927]