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Surname
WATSON
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
10
Year
1908
Age
24
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dysart
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
The back shift had filled their tubs and run them on to the haulage dook as usual. The tubs were lifted by the fore shift in rakes of 6 or 8 and to each rake a bogie was attached. Deceased was on his way to his work and passed the rakes and when down some distance he heard tubs coming, and thinking it was empty tubs he stepped on to the load road and was knocked down by a runaway rake of loaded tubs. He died from his injuries four months after.