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Surname
MORRISON
Forename
John
Day
01
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
47
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was engaged with others lowering a pithead pulley from the frame by means of a hand crane, and while the jib was going out the shoes holding the sole or seat broke, and the crane swung round and crushed him against the pithead building. There was no flaw to be seen in the soles, which were made of cast iron.