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Surname
MARSHALL
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
35
Occupation
Contractor
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Livingstone was anxious to get to the face of a heading rising 1 in 2 which was full of firedamp for 40ft. and which was nearing a mine approaching it to ‘knock through’ and to measure how much of it had been driven. In spite of two warnings from two firemen and a direct order from the manager not to try to get to the face and he sent Marshall up into the gas with a wire round his waist to get to the face. Marshall collapsed when about 30 feet up, and his legs becoming entangled in some timber he could not be pulled back. Livingstone then went up to get him down, and was overcome when 25 feet up the heading. The bodies were not recovered until some hours afterwards. 2 killed.