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Surname
POLLOCK
Forename
John
Day
05
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
39
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Fordell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Countess of Buckinghamshire
Location
Crossgates
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
He and two other men were in the cage waiting to be raised to the surface when some bricks, loosened by a heavy rainfall, fell from the side of the shaft 30 feet from the surface on to the roof of the cage. The roof was badly bent above where deceased was and his head was severely injured. Died same day.