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Surname
BOWMAN
Forename
David
Day
13
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
27
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Woodmuir, No.5
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
While he was shovelling coal, a stone from between two cutters or breaks in the roof, fell on to his head. The cutters were probably invisible owing to a thin layer of clay adhering to the roof. The place was generally well timbered, hut three props were displaced by the fall.