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Surname
LYONS
Forename
Patrick
Day
07
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
26
Occupation
Assistant Pitheadman
Mine/Quarry Name
Neilsland, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Whilst the deceased was putting a bolt in the cage, it was lowered, and he was crushed between the top of the cage and the pithead. The winding engineman made a mistake and lowered the cage without having a signal to do so.