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Surname
TOBBIN
Forename
Richard
Day
10
Month
08
Year
1925
Age
55
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Eastfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Farme Coal Co. (1915) Ltd
Location
Rutherglen
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Caught under a heavy fall of stone from the roof, and crushed to the pavement. His son had left him about 5 minutes previously, and on returning found him under the stone. Death had been instantaneous, the spine being fractured. [The Scotsman 12 August 1925].