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Surname
McBRYDE
Forename
John
Day
10
Month
06
Year
1946
Age
33
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 1 & 2 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Stirling
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Crushed by waggons. The death occurred in Stirling Royal Infirmary on Monday afternoon of John McBryde (33), assistant foreman, 12 MilIhall Cottages, Millhall, by Stirling, a few minutes after admission following an accident at the briquette plant at Millhall Colliery. McBryde was caught and crushed between railway wagons on a siding at the plant and his death was due to haemorrhage in the abdomen. The wagons were being manhandled at the time. (Stirling Observer).