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Surname
KNOX
Forename
James
Day
13
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
40
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was engaged putting up supports to the roof after the coal-cutting machine had passed, and while doing so the roof suddenly collapsed and he was partly buried. The roof was "lypey" and the fall came away and in falling displaced five sets of timber.