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Surname
WADE
Forename
George
Day
08
Month
11
Year
1962
Age
Occupation
Mineral Borer
Mine/Quarry Name
Barony
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Fall of Ground killed 4. John McNeil, colliery deputy, 48 Hannahston Avenue, Drongan, Ayrshire, Henry Green, colliery oversman, 47 Netherthird Road, Cumnock, Ayrshire, George Wade, mineral borer, 36 Newlands Terrace, Carluke, Lanarkshire and Thomas Carlyle Fyvie, mineral borer, 94 New Road, Ayr, all died on 8 Nov 1962 at Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, when they were overwhelmed and killed by an inrush of sludge"