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Surname
SMITH
Forename
James
Day
06
Month
08
Year
1900
Age
19
Occupation
Brakesman
Mine/Quarry Name
Allanton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Barr & Sons
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was running alongside some wagons to regulate their speed by the brake of the first one as they passed into a siding when by some means stumbled and fell one of the wagons passing over him. The brake on wagon by which the speed was it regulated was a patent one.