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Surname
REEKIE
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
08
Year
1907
Age
15
Occupation
Assistant Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Oakley Collieries Ltd
Location
Oakley
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased’s work was to take the empty tubs from the cages and couple them up into rakes, while engaged in this work he slipped on the iron plates at the pit bottom, and fell into the cage seat, and just then the cage descended on him.