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Surname
CONNOR
Forename
William
Day
31
Month
05
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Glenburn [Auchincruive, Nos 4 & 5 Pits?]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Prestwick
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
31 May 1929: Fatally Injured on First Day at Work - Injured on his first day at work at Glenburn Colliery, Prestwick, a boy named William Connor, who resided at 159 Glenburn, Prestwick, died in Ayr County Hospital yesterday morning from the effect of being crushed between a trap door and a "rake" of hutches. [Scotsman 1 June 1929]