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Surname
PATERSON
Forename
James
Day
07
Month
12
Year
1920
Age
28
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carnock
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowie
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
7 December 1920: St Ninian's Fatality - James Paterson, miner, Glasgow Road, St Ninians, Stirling, was killed on Tuesday night in Carnock Colliery, near Bannockburn. While he was employed at the coal face a stone weighing 15 cwt fell from the roof, smashing his head and causing instantaneous death. He was 28 years of age and leaves a widow and family. [Dunfermline Journal 11 December 1920]