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Surname
HENRIE
Forename
John
Day
06
Month
03
Year
1925
Age
56
Occupation
Engineer
Mine/Quarry Name
Loanhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Loanhead
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
6 March 1925: Engineer Missing – Feared Fall Down Pit Shaft - While working, in the shaft of one of the collieries at Loanhead, owned by Shotts & Company (Ltd.), John Henrie (56), married, an engineer, belonging to Shotts, yesterday was installing a new steam pump, which had been found necessary owing to the recent flooding, when he disappeared. No trace of him could be found, although search parties were busy all day. It is believed he fell down the shaft, a distance of 600 feet. [Scotsman 7 March 1925]