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Surname
BEGG
Forename
Robert
Day
24
Month
11
Year
1931
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Manor Powis
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manor Powis Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Causewayhead
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
24 November 1931: Stirling Miner Killed - While at work in Manor Powis Colliery yesterday afternoon. Robert Begg, 5 Lower Craigs, Stirling, was instantaneously killed by a fall from the roof. Begg, who is a young married man, was working alongside another man when a large stone became dislodged and crushed him. [Scotsman 25 November 1931]