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Surname
ORR
Forename
Robert
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
63
Occupation
Haulageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchinraith
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Merry & Cunninghame Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was working at a horizontal pulley at a curve when a full rake was being hauled up an incline a pulley broke and allowed the rope to fly suddenly to the inside of the road, where the deceased was. The rope hit and dislocated his left ankle. Died on February 2nd.