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Surname
LINDSAY
Forename
Robert
Day
10
Month
02
Year
1912
Age
39
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Greenhill (c)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & R. Howie Ltd
Location
Crosshouse
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
A water chest was being drawn up a dook at a speed of two miles per hour. Deceased should have been up some yards ahead of it he was heard to cry, the chest was stopped at once, and he was found lying crushed on the inbye side of it at a low crown tree. He said he had been walking, and had lost his light and tripped. He was in all probability riding, and was caught. He died on February 16th.