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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
23
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
17
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Meadowhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Peter Cairns
Location
Airdrie
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased hauled tubs up a dook by means of a horse, in rakes of two to a lye. When near the lye he stopped his horse, uncoupled the tubs, and ran one tub at a time to the lye by hand, he did so on this occasion, and while proceeding with the first tub the seemed followed after, overtook and crushed him fatally. The second tub should have been spragged but deceased forgot to do so.