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Surname
CARSWELL
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
06
Year
1925
Age
24
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Wilsontown
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Forth
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
2 June, 16 June & 2 July 1925: Fatal Accident Inquiry – Before Sheriff Harvey and a jury, on Friday last week, inquiry was held into the circumstances connected with the death by accident of the following: - John Carswell (24), miner, Braehead View, Forth, who died as the result of an accident in Wilsontown Colliery on June 16th; Robert M'Meechan (17), pony driver, Tarbrax Rows, who died from the kick of a pony in Viewfield Pit, Tarbrax, on 2nd June; John Gray (49), repairer, who died from injuries received falling down the shaft of Lord Dunglass Colliery on 2nd July; and into the circumstances connected with the deaths of Robert M'Intyre (55), Birks Place, Law; John Thomson (49), Woodlands Square, Law; John Thomson (27) Wilsons Rows, Law; and Charles Horne (42) Burnknowe Street, Overtown, all of whom were killed as the result of the winding accident at Brownlie Colliery, Law, on 5th May. With the exception of the Law accident none of the above fatal accidents presented any unusual features and the jury returned a formal verdict in accordance with the evidence in each case. [Hamilton Advertiser 8 August 1925]