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Surname
McALPINE
Forename
Robert
Day
25
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
33
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Greenhill, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Greenhill Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hareshaw
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
25 May 1903: Man Killed At Greenhill - Robert M'Alpine, a miner, aged thirty-three, was killed yesterday in No.12 Greenhill Colliery, near Holytown. He was working at the face, when an enormous stone, weighing over a ton, fell from the roof and crushed him to death. [Scotsman 27 May 1903]