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Surname
SOMMERVILLE
Forename
William
Day
10
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
59
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wilsontown, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Forth
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was working on a dook with a gradient of 1 in 8, when a hutch, which had been left snibbled on the rails 60 yards above, was started by the friction of the haulage rope, and ran down the dook and struck him. He died on the 13th inst.