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Surname
ANDERSON
Forename
John
Day
15
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
34
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
He and another man were engaged removing a face of stone on the long wall face which was impeding the ventilation. They were unable to remove a large stone from the intake side and therefore proceeded to the return side of the face, and while there their lamps were extinguished by an accumulation of firedamp. In attempting to get out Anderson missed the road bead and got further into the accumulation of fire-damp and was suffocated. The other man fortunately came in contact 'with the rope working a self-acting incline and was thereby enabled to get out.