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- Surname
- SMITH
- Forename
- Joseph
- Day
- 11
- Month
- 05
- Year
- 1903
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Sinker
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Howmuir
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Auchinlea Coal Co.
- Location
- Cleland
- County
- Lanarkshire
- Details of Event
- Three shots were about to be fired at the bottom of a sinking pit and deceased was sent to warn some men who were driving a lodgement and to prevent them from coming outbye. Two shots were fired but owing to a damp fuse some delay took place with the other and a second messenger was sent to warn the men in the lodgement. Owing to a misunderstanding as to his message deceased left the lodgement prematurely and was struck by a piece of rock thrown by the shot.
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