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Surname
BURT
Forename
Alexander
Day
14
Month
06
Year
1912
Age
17
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Parkneuk
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was filling a hutch at the face of a stoop when a fall of roof took place, due to four invisible "lypes" which surrounded the stone on all sides and caused it to break over the timber, killing him instantly, and injuring another man.