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Surname
QUINN
Forename
James
Day
18
Month
05
Year
1910
Age
38
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Allanton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Barr & Sons (Coalmasters) Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was working along with another brusher. They had fired a shot and stewed the debris into the waste and were preparing to bore another shothole. The deceased went back about three yards to get a drilling machine, and when he was picking it up a large stone fell from the roof and broke his back. Died on September 21st.