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Surname
STEVENSON
Forename
William
Day
03
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchinreoch, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
He was walking up a big dook at the end of his shift when he was overtaken and run over by the rake which was brawn by a main rope. He ran in front of it and passed a manhole he could easily have got into. The manholes were of good size but were not whitewashed.