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Surname
McCANN
Forename
Michael
Day
01
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
42
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
He had just fired a shot in the coal at his working place, which was being worked to the rise, the inclination being about 1 in 6, and the thickness of the seam about 6 feet 6 inches. He was shovelling away some of the coal blown down by the shot without, it is said, having made a proper examination of the place. A slab of coal from the upper part of the coal face fell on him. He died on the 18th.