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Surname
NICHOLSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Balgonie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Charles B. Balfour
Location
Thornton
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
The roof, which was coal was low, and deceased and two others began to heighten and repair it. Deceased was filling a tub when some roof coal fell close by him and thinking he would be safer inside he ran forward and then the roof collapsed and he was buried beneath it.