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Surname
ROBERTSON
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
11
Year
1936
Age
18
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Crushed by loader. A distressing accident occurred on Saturday (21 November 1936) in No.3 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, when William Robertson, Miner's Drawer, 10 Murdoch Place, Cowie, was killed. The mishap took place about 4.45 in the afternoon when Robertson, who was only 18 years of age, was engaged along with others working in No.11 level of the Hartley Seam, in shifting the diamond belt loader, which weighed about a ton. It had been loaded on to a hutch which Robertson was assisting to push along when the front of the loader slipped on top of him breaking his neck. Death was instantaneous. (Stirling Journal).