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Surname
COSGROVE
Forename
Patrick
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1946
Age
47
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Benhar
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
16 December 1946: Harthill - Pit Fatality - Patrick Cosgrove (47), 61 Victoria Street, Harthill, was fatally injured when he was crushed by a coal cutting machine which he was operating in Benhar Colliery early on Monday morning. Some 600 workmen remained idle for the day as a mark of respect. [Hamilton Advertiser 21 December 1946]