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Surname
MARTIN
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
03
Year
1915
Age
24
Occupation
Shot-Firer
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Stirling
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
2 March 1915: Two Stirling Pitworkers Killed – An accident resulting in the deaths of two men occurred late on Tuesday night at Millhall [Polmaise] Colliery, near Stirling, belonging to Messrs Archibald Russell Ltd. The accident took place at the Wallsend seam in No.2 Pit shortly before midnight when a large fall took place from the roof, and two men were killed instantaneously – John Martin, 24 shot firer, 48 Broad Street, Stirling, and John Malloy, 40, brusher, Raploch, Stirling. Martin was unmarried, while Malloy leaves a wife and family. [Scotsman 4 March 1915]