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Surname
CHAMBERS
Forename
Andrew
Day
27
Month
12
Year
1919
Age
16
Occupation
Assistant Pit Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Cornsilloch, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Dalserf
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
27 December 1919: Dalserf – Pit Accidents – On Saturday forenoon, Andrew Chambers (16), assistant pit bottomer, residing at Cornsilloch Rows, was fatally injured in No.2 Cornsilloch Colliery by being crushed between the cage and the cage seat. He was examined by Dr Rogerson, who found him to be suffering from severe injuries to the abdomen and back. He was removed home but only survived two hours after meeting with the accident. [Hamilton Advertiser 3 January 1920]