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Surname
JONES
Forename
Hector
Day
05
Month
11
Year
1919
Age
17
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Pennyvenie, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalmellington Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Dalmellington
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
5 November 1919: Pit Fatality At Dunaskin - Hector Jones, 17, residing with his parents at 139 Lethanhill, Dunaskin, was killed by a fall at the working face in the Dalmellington Iron Company's No.3 Pit, Pennyvenie, yesterday. He was working as a drawer with his father and brother, and was in the act of filling the first hutch when the accident occurred. [Evening Times 5 November 1919]