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Surname
ORCHINSON or ORCHISON
Forename
Thomas
Day
28
Month
06
Year
1904
Age
17
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Leven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Leven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was partly on the cage apparently cleaning the coal from when it when it was suddenly dropped and he was caught between it and the ventilating shutter. The engineman seemingly started to lower the cage without having received a signal.