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Surname
WEIR
Forename
William
Day
29
Month
06
Year
1905
Age
68
Occupation
Pitheadman
Mine/Quarry Name
North Motherwell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Merry & Cunninghame Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another workman were loading old wire ropes in a waggon by rolling the coil to the low scaffold raising it by the cage and putting it down the screen and while doing so the palm of his left hand was pricked by a broken wire blood poisoning supervened and he died nine days afterwards.