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Surname
HARKNESS
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
39
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
Deceased and his neighbour were engaged ripping the roof of a roadway preparatory to converting it into a haulage road, when a stone fell from the roof causing injuries to which he succumbed 10 days later. The stone came away from an unseen lype.