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Surname
CHALMERS
Forename
William
Day
04
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
17
Occupation
Surface worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Tannochside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Sundries – He was employed running tubs on the scaffold which connected the banking level and the top of a steam hoist. Part of the scaffold collapsed, and he fell to the ground, a distance of 21 ft. He received injuries which caused death seven hours later.