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Surname
McDADE
Forename
Francis
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
29
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchengeich, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Chryston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
When ascending the shaft along with the overman the engineman failed to stop the cage which struck the cross beam and the rope being drawn out of the socket the cage fell to the shaft bottom. The overman escaped by jumping out at the pithead.