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Surname
MILLER
Forename
John Henry
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
26
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.13 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Caught by the loaded rake in a self-acting incline and killed. It was his duty to water the rails at meetings to reduce the friction owing to the gradient at that part of the road being only 1 in 1.1, but he should have gone into a manhole when the rakes were running.