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Surname
RAE
Forename
David
Day
21
Month
03
Year
1936
Age
17
Occupation
Haulage Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Plean, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Plean Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bannockburn
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
21 March 1936: Fatal Result of Pit Accident - The death took place in Stirling Royal Infirmary on Saturday, of David Rae (17), haulage boy, 138 Red Row, East Plean, who met with an accident in No.5 Pit, Plean Colliery, on Thursday night. Rae slipped on the greasy plates at the pit bottom, and fell into the cage sump as a double-decker cage, weighing about seven tons, was descending with empty hutches. Before the lad could be pulled out he was pinned by the cage and severely crushed. [Scotsman 23 March 1936]