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Surname
SIMPSON
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
10
Year
1902
Age
27
Occupation
Engine fitter
Mine/Quarry Name
Townhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
West of Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Townhill
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Two waggons loaded with slates were about to be lowered down a short incline by means of a stationary engine to be emptied at a lower level and deceased volunteered to sprag them. When they were on the move be attempted to put a prop 4 feet 6 inches long into the back wheel of the second waggon and it apparently missed and coming round struck him and threw him in front of the van, which passed partly over him. He managed to put one sprag which was also an ordinary prop into the back wheel of the first waggon.