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Surname
MURPHY
Forename
Martin
Day
24
Month
08
Year
1922
Age
56
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Holytown
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Haulage Accidents (b) Run over or crushed by trams or tubs – He was going up a main cousie brae on his way to work at the same time as a rake was arriving at the brae head from a branch cousie. A tub became detached from this rake and ran down the main cousie. Deceased was caught by the runaway, and although the injuries inflicted appeared to be slight he died about two hours later. The necessary signals for men to travel on the cousie had been given, but it is probable the stop blocks at the brae head were not closed