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Surname
COWDEN
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
08
Year
1900
Age
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Orbiston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Orbiston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
16 August 1900: Fatal Accident at Orbiston Pit – A most unusual accident took place on Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock in Old Orbiston Colliery, belonging to the Summerlee and Mossend Coy., whereby a man named James Cowden, who was engaged as bottomer in the colliery, was in the act of disloading the cage, when a piece of coal came down the shank, and striking him on the back of the head, killed him almost instantaneously. Deceased was married, and leaves a widow and three of a family to mourn his untimely end. [Bellshill Speaker 18 August 1900]