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Surname
CASEY
Forename
Patrick
Day
24
Month
10
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Glenboig
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
24 October 1929: Killed By A “Roof” Fall - Patrick Casey, mine repairer, employed at Messrs William Baird & Co.'s Bedlay Colliery, North-West Lanarkshire, was yesterday caught in a fall from the roof of the workings. When extricated he was found to be dead, his neck being broken. Casey, an elderly man, belonged to Coatbridge. [Scotsman 25 October 1929]