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Surname
BUCHANNAN
Forename
Thomas
Day
02
Month
02
Year
1904
Age
24
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Greenhill (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Greenhill Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hareshaw
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
While lifting a piece of coal at his working place it broke and a part injured the forefinger of his right hand severely. He and his brother ceased work and proceeded to the shaft bottom for home and on arriving there he complained of being faint after getting a drink he revived and he accompanied by his brother and another workman stepped on to the cage to be raised and when 12ft. from the surface he again took ill and fell on the cage and before either of the men could grip him he had slipped past the side and fell to the bottom, a distance of 56 fathoms.