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Surname
NEILSON
Forename
George
Day
11
Month
04
Year
1930
Age
31
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Roughcastle Fireclay Mine
Mineral Worked
Fireclay
Owner
Campbell & Co.
Location
Bonnybridge
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
11 April 1930: Fire Clay Pit Fatality - While, at work in the Roughcastle Fireclay Mine, Camelon, Falkirk, a clay miner named George Neilson (31), residing at Lock 10, Camelon, was killed as the result of being caught under a fall of material from the roof. Deceased was loading a hutch with clay, when there was a fall of material, and Neilson was completely covered by debris weighing about 30 cwts. He survived only a few minutes. [Scotsman 12 April 1930]