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Surname
SHERRIDAN
Forename
Patrick Jnr
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
15
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased, and two other men, were proceeding to work in a level road when a heavy fall of rock from the roof occurred in the waste, and, sliding down it displaced the pillars on the rise side of the road and caught deceased. The gradient is about 1 in 2.5 Owing to the road above having closed, the level road in which the accident occurred was being driven double width. Nothing had been left in the waste to prevent the roof falling, or, if a fall occurred, to prevent the stone sliding down against the pillars.