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Surname
MONTGOMERY
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
08
Year
1902
Age
21
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Longriggend
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Longriggend
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged at the shaft bottom repairing some connections of a pump one foot rested on the cage and the other on a beam, when the cage was raised suddenly and he was crushed. It was not clear that the engineman received a signal to raise the cage