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Surname
COOPER
Forename
George
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1923
Age
35
Occupation
Undermanager
Mine/Quarry Name
Broomhouse
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Haughhead Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Broomhouse
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 December 1923: Under Manager Falls Down Pit shaft - The under manager of Broomhouse Colliery, Mr George Cooper (35), residing at 76 Swinton Terrace, Baillieston, accidentally fell down the shaft of the colliery on Wednesday, and was instantaneously killed. He had been at work with the bottomer, sending hutches of dirt from the main coal bottom to the hill, and was attending to the gate and the bell. A couple of empty hutches came down on the cage, and were taken off by the bottomer ad pushed by him along the road. The bottomer left Mr Cooper holding the open gate in one hand and the bell pull in the other, but when he came back the gate was closed and Mr Cooper gone. How he had fallen down is unknown, as no one was present at the time. His body was recovered 60 fathoms below in the Kiltongue bottom of the shaft. He was married, and leaves a widow. [Scotsman 14 December 1923]