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Surname
MERCER
Forename
George
Day
03
Month
01
Year
1928
Age
17
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bannockburn, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowie
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
3 January 1928: Fatal Accident in Stirling Pit - George Mercer, 17, miner's drawer, residing at 25 Roxburgh Row, Cowie, near Stirling, met with injuries in No.1 Pit, Bannockburn Colliery, on Tuesday, which resulted in his death in Stirling Royal Infirmary on Wednesday night. Mercer was proceeding from the coal face to the pit bottom, and it is supposed that he had been struck by one of the hutches running on an endless chain in one of the roads. [Scotsman 6 January 1928]