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Surname
TOWARD
Forename
William
Day
31
Month
03
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Montgomeryfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A. Kenneth & Sons Ltd
Location
Dreghorn
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
31 March 1925: Miner Killed Near Irvine - As the result of an accident at Montgomery field Pit, Dreghorn, near Irvine, yesterday, a miner named William Toward was killed. Deceased was in charge of the washing machine at the pit, and while at work he fell among the machinery and sustained fatal injuries. [The Scotsman 1 April 1925] Register of FAI - crushed between revolving driving sprocket wheel and chain of the elevator