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Surname
WEIR
Forename
William
Day
25
Month
01
Year
1938
Age
51
Occupation
Mechanical Engineer
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 1 & 2 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Stirling
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
25 January 1938: William Weir, miner, 6 Bandeath Cottages, Fallin, died in Stirling Royal Infirmary yesterday as a result of injuries received in an accident in Millhall [Polmaise] Colliery, Stirling, earlier in the day. Weir fell down the pit shaft to the sump. [Scotsman 26 January 1938]