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Surname
LYNCH
Forename
Henry James
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1948
Age
70
Occupation
Gearhead Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Crushed by hutches. Knocked down by a rake of hutches on the main haulage road in the underground workings of Fallin Colliery yesterday afternoon (3 November 1948), Henry James Lynch (70), Gearhead Attendant, 58 D Block, Fallin was taken to Stirling Royal Infirmary in a critical condition. As a result of the accident in the underground workings of Fallin Colliery two days previously, Henry James Lynch (70), Gearhead Attendant, died in Stirling Royal Infirmary on Friday 5 November. He was struck by a rake of hutches as he was walking along the main haulage road. (Stirling Observer).