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Surname
HUNTER
Forename
James
Day
11
Month
10
Year
1940
Age
17
Occupation
Apprentice engineer
Mine/Quarry Name
Manor Powis
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manor Powis Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Causewayhead
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
11 October 1940: Killed by Fall of Roof In Mine – A 17 year old apprentice engineer, James Hunter, Manor Powis Cottages, Causewayhead, Stirling, was killed today while working underground at Manor Powis Colliery. It is understood that his death was caused by a fall of stone from the roof. [Evening Telegraph 11 October 1940]