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Surname
PEARSON
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
07
Year
1904
Age
43
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Fordell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Countess of Buckinghamshire
Location
Crossgates
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was enlarging a horse road for the purpose of converting it to a mechanical haulage roadway and had put up some crowns to support the roof; under one crown he had a centre prop and when he had the crown secured he knocked out this prop the crown swung and part of the roof fell.