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Surname
McLAUGHLIN
Forename
Thomas
Day
02
Month
05
Year
1902
Age
44
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Mosside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gavin Paul & Sons
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased was taking a cut off the inbye end of a stoop in seam 5ft.7ins.in thickness dipping 1 in 8. He had holed the nose to a depth of from 3ft. to 4 ft and was in the act of tapping the coal when a block 3ft. by 3ft. by 4ft 2in came away and rolled over him killing him almost instantly. The coal fell from a foul lype the existence of which was known. No gibs or holing props appeared to have been set.