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Surname
McMURDO
Forename
Robert
Day
09
Month
01
Year
1908
Age
28
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyre, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
High Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
When putting in a building at a roadhead and after knocking out at least one prop the roof gave way and fell upon him. Three props were afterwards found under the fall but it is doubtful whether or not these had been displaced by the fall.