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Surname
BROWN
Forename
Alexander
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1916
Age
20
Occupation
Bogie-man
Mine/Quarry Name
Blackbraes, No.1 Guardrum Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carron Co.
Location
Blackbraes
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
13 January 1916: Fatal Pit Accident Near Falkirk - Alexander Brown, employed by the Carron Company as a haulage bogie-man, and who met with an accident in No.1 Guardrum Pit, Blackbraes, has died from his injuries in Falkirk Infirmary. It is not known how the accident occurred. Brown was found lying in the pit, and it is supposed that he had sustained injuries to his spine, and that he suffered from general paralysis on both sides of the body. He was 20 years of age and resided with his mother at Shieldhill near Falkirk. [Scotsman 13 January 1916]