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Surname
BROWN
Forename
John
Day
11
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
19
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Loanhead, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Loanhead
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
The deceased signalled the cage away on the west side of the shaft, and then raised the gate on the opposite or east side, and bent over to remove a bolt that was holding a girder, which he was going to remove, in the pit bottom, when he was caught by down-coming cage and killed.