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Surname
CLIFFORD
Forename
James
Day
01
Month
02
Year
1939
Age
25
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.14 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
1 February 1939: Coatbridge Pit Fatality - A Coatbridge man. was fatally injured at No.14 Rosehall Colliery, Coatbridge, yesterday. He was James Clifford (25), of Dundivan Road, and was engaged in running hutches along the roadway, when his workmates discovered that he was missing. They went back along the road, and found the man beneath three hutches. He succumbed to his injuries soon afterwards. [Scotsman 2 February 1939]