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Surname
STRACHAN
Forename
Matthew Nicol
Day
22
Month
05
Year
1955
Age
Occupation
Colliery Foreman Erector
Mine/Quarry Name
Polquhairn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Drongan
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Matthew Nicol Strachan, colliery foreman erector, 23 Burnton, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, died on 22 May 1955 at Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, from injuries sustained on 15 May 1955 on the surface at Polquhairn Colliery, Parish of Ochiltree, Ayrshire, when a sling chain to which a winding drum shaft broke and it fell into a concrete drum pit, crushing him against the wall"