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Surname
CAVANAGH
Forename
Robert
Day
13
Month
09
Year
1918
Age
50
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Bent, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
13 September 1918: Fatality at Bent Colliery - About two o’clock yesterday morning Robert Cavanagh (50), brusher, Forrest Place, High Blantyre, was accidentally killed in No.1 Pit Bent Colliery. Cavanagh and another man named Morrow were engaged clearing away the debris caused by some shots which had been previously fired. While so engaged large stone weighing about two tons fell from the roof, crushing Cavanagh to the pavement and killing him instantly. Morrow had a narrow escape. Cavanagh was working his first shift in the pit. [Hamilton Advertiser 14 September 1918]