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Surname
McLEOD
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
30
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Tofts, No.2 Mine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Prestwick
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Whilst the cage was running in the shaft deceased opened the fence gate at the bottom and pushed a loaded tub forward evidently forgetting that the cage was not there. He and the tub fell into the sump, which had 12 feet of water in it, and he was drowned.