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Surname
CRAIG
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
10
Year
1926
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Wester Gartshore
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkintilloch
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
William Craig, miner, Kingston Flats, Kilsyth, one of the men who had returned to work at Wester Gartshore Colliery, was pinned down by a stone weighing about four tons which came away in the underground workings. When extricated he was found to be very seriously injured and he succumbed. [Evening Telegraph 22 October 1926]