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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Andrew
Day
19
Month
01
Year
1910
Age
24
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hattonrigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Bellshill
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
When these men were being raised to the surface at the end of the shift, the engineman inadvertently failed to stop the cage at the proper place, and it was over-wound, with the result that the box or cap of the rope broke and caused the cage to fall down the shaft a distance of 192 fathoms. 8 killed.