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Surname
BOWER
Forename
Joseph
Day
13
Month
11
Year
1911
Age
25
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Hillhouserigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Baton Collieries Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Fall of side in working place. He was about to stow the rock which his brushing shot had brought down, when a piece of the side, about 2 tons in weight, fell and crushed him. He seems to have taken out almost all the breakers to stow the large pieces of rock and this may have allowed the stone to become loose.