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Surname
ANDERSON
Forename
Robert Dunlop
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1914
Age
19
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dumbreck, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
When taking empty hutches off the haulage he heard a runaway coming and thinking it was an empty stepped into the full road instead of into a manhole close at hand. The hutch, which was a loaded one. struck and killed him on the spot.