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Surname
LINN
Forename
Robert
Day
01
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Loudoun, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Galston
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
He was holing in a dirt band that rune halfway up the coal seam, when a fall of top coal took place, part of which caught and fatally injured him . The coal had a long sprag gib under it if another had been set the accident would probably have been prevented.