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Surname
MITCHELSON
Forename
William
Day
27
Month
07
Year
1923
Age
42
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Randolph.
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyns' Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mines – Falls of Sides – He was stowing redd at the working face, after having fired a shot in the brushing, when a small stone fell off the brushing face and struck him on the head; he was stunned but finished his shift. He worked two shifts after the accident, and tried to work a third, but found he was unable and went home. Some months later he was removed to hospital, where he died of encephalitis on 19th November.