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Surname
CASSIDY
Forename
Michael
Day
05
Month
09
Year
1922
Age
30
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Viewpark
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Viewpark
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
31 August 1922: Uddingston – Fatal Colliery Accident – Early on Thursday morning while Michael Cassidy, age 30, unmarried and residing at Alpine Terrace, Uddingston, was at work in Messrs Addie & Sons Viewpark Colliery, he was struck by a falling girder and instantaneously killed. [Hamilton Advertiser 2 September 1922] Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Deceased was employed excavating a refuge hole at the side of a stone drift. The roof was supported by girders resting on props. Prior to firing shots to make the refuge holes centre props were set to the girders, but the shots blew out some of the end centre props. Deceased was renewing the timber when a heavy fall occurred sweeping out three girders and killing him.