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Surname
ARMSTRONG
Forename
Samuel
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Stripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Dewshill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
26 January 1925: Salsburgh - Miner Killed - On Monday night an unmarried man, Samuel Armstrong, who resided with his sister at West Row, Salsburgh, was killed in Dewshill Colliery (Coltness Iron Co. Ltd.). He was engaged stripping coal in the Smithy Coal Seam when, through an unforeseen lipe the whole place collapsed, completely burying him under several tons of debris. His mates, hearing him crying, worked strenuously to extricate him, but he was dead when taken out. Two nephews, who were working with him, had narrow escapes, one being completely buried, but was rescued without serious injury. [Hamilton Advertiser 31 January 1925]