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Surname
BOYD
Forename
Thomas
Day
17
Month
09
Year
1929
Age
49
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Plean, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Plean Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bannockburn
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
17 September 1929: The death has taken place in Stirling Royal Infirmary of Thomas Boyd (49), pit-drawer, East Plean, as a result of an accident in No.4 Pit, Bannockburn colliery, East Plean, on Tuesday afternoon. Boyd was engaged lifting an empty hutch on to the rails, and failed to observe the approach of a loaded hutch, with the result that he was struck on the head. [Scotsman 20 September 1929]