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Surname
CUNDELAN
Forename
Philip
Day
NK
Month
11
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Boiler Firemen
Mine/Quarry Name
Clyde
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Carmyle
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
29 November 1924: Brick Wall Collapses – Two Hamilton Firemen Killed - Philip Cundalen and Arthur Roadnight, boiler firemen, were instantaneously killed while at work at Clyde colliery, Hamilton. The men were engaged at the boiler fires when a brick retaining wall collapsed and buried them. Rescue operations were immediately undertaken, but both men were dead when they were got out. [Scotsman 2 December 1924]