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Surname
McLAREN
Forename
Daniel
Day
04
Month
10
Year
1909
Age
28
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Castlecary
Mineral Worked
Fireclay
Owner
John G. Stein & Co.
Location
Castlecary
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Deceased was bottoming at a mid working and after the cage arrived, he opened the gate which fences the shaft, and took off the empty tub. Having placed the tub in empty roadway, he got behind the loaded tub and pushed it forward towards the cage, but cage had gone and he and tub were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft. The engineman had not pinned the drum brake down and engine moved away.