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Surname
WALLACE
Forename
James
Day
14
Month
09
Year
1910
Age
22
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ayr, No.1 Drumley Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
George Taylor & Co
Location
Annbank
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
When clearing debris from the side of a stoop in order to enable the next shift of miners to begin to extract the coal a mass of coal fell off the end of the stoop, fell away at an invisible foul back and killed him.