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Surname
CAVANAGH
Forename
Patrick
Day
31
Month
10
Year
1940
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
31 October 1940: Bellshill – Double Pit fatality – Two miner were killed and one injured as the result of a roof fall which occurred at Rosehall Colliery on Thursday. The colliery, which belongs to Messrs Robert Addie, is situated between Bellshill and Coatbridge. The dead men are W M’Guiness, Bellshill, and P. Cavanagh, Tannochside. The injured man is J. Bell, Coatbridge. The fall occurred shortly after two o’clock, and it was many hours before the men were brought to the surface. The injured man, Bell, was not rescued until after seven o’clock. It is understood that the men were near the coalface when the accident happened. Bell is a foreman. [Hamilton Advertiser 2 November 1940]