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Surname
McGHEE
Forename
Peter
Day
19
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
44
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Murdostoun
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Murdostoun Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Cleland
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Alleged to have died from the effects of a blow from the handle of his boring machine. The handle came back with a jerk, owing, possibly, to the ratchet slipping, and struck the deceased in the chest. The doctor certified that death was due to cerebral haemorrhage.