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Surname
SMITH
Forename
William
Day
07
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
60
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitehill, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Cumnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Deceased and a neighbour were together in a place taking a slice up alongside a stoop, to form a new road, to get the stoop extracted. Two rows of props were set next to the old "end," and when deceased was told to stand down clear to let his neighbour cut down some coal, he went through the row of props and sat down at the edge of unprotected roof. A stone broke off behind the second row of props without warning and fell on him, causing injuries from which he died on 25th May.