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Surname
RENNIE
Forename
Alexander
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1943
Age
71
Occupation
Fireman & Pumpman
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Runaway hutch. 2 killed. Two Fallin Miners were fatally injured in an accident which occurred in No.4 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, Fall in early on Friday evening (15 January 1943). The men concerned were Alexander Rennie (71), Colliery Fireman and Pumpman, 12 A Block, Fallin and James Dawson (52), Colliery Roadman, 12 Woodside Place, Fallin, both of whom were working on an incline on the main haulage road, when they were struck by a runaway hutch loaded with wood. Rennie suffered severe head injuries and he died in Stirling Royal Infirmary on Saturday morning. Dawson suffered from a fracture of the left leg and also died in the Infirmary on Sunday. (Stirling Observer).