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Surname
MUIR
Forename
Hugh Snr
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Earlseat
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased had placed a bar to the roof in his roadway, and cut holes in the sides some 4 feet in front of it for another one when the roof fell and killed him. There had been a heavy crush over this roadway, and deceased should have set a temporary tree to support the weak roof he was working under, while preparing for the second bar.