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Surname
NAIRN
Forename
William
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1901
Age
50
Occupation
Wagon Trimmer
Mine/Quarry Name
Pirnie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was bringing an empty wagon forward to a screen to be filled with Parrot coal and to regulate its speed he went to the brake on the side where there was a retaining wall and appeared to have been crushed against the wall and afterwards thrown down among the wheels. The space between the retaining wall and wagon side was 11 inches.