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Surname
SOLKIN
Forename
Carminic
Day
10
Month
03
Year
1911
Age
35
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He and other seven men got into the cage to ascend the shaft at the end of the shift and just as the cage started he lost his balance or fainted, and fell out of the cage to the main coal seam, a distance of 64 feet. He did not appear to be much injured beyond suffering from slight shock and a broken arm, but died 12 hours afterwards. He and the other men had got into the cage without the bottomer being present and signalled themselves away. Beyond the vertical bars at the sides, the cage was not protected either at the sides or ends.