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Surname
CLANCY
Forename
Patrick
Day
31
Month
10
Year
1935
Age
15
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Herbertshire, Woodyett Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Denny
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
31 October 1935: 15 Year Old Boy Killed In Pit Accident - Through being run down by a hutch, containing a load of sand, Patrick Clancy (15), son of Patrick Clancy, machineman, 105 Bothwell Park Rows, Bellshill, employed as a bencher in Woodyett Pit of the Herbertshire Colliery, Denny, sustained injuries from which he succumbed after being conveyed by his mates to the pit bottom. Clancy was at work in the mine section of the pit at the time the hutch broke loose. Running down the incline, it crashed into him, and threw him against one of the girders, breaking his neck. The lad was one of a squad of miners who are conveyed daily to the colliery from the Bellshill district. The pit was idle for the remainder of the day. [Scotsman 1 November 1935]