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Surname
CUNNINGHAM
Forename
Alexander
Day
15
Month
11
Year
1947
Age
39
Occupation
Colliery Washerman
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairmuckhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Harthill
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Alexander Cunningham, colliery washer attendant, 55 Edinburgh Road, Harthill, Lanarkshire, died on 15 November 1947 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 14 November 1947 at Blairmuckhill Colliery, Harthill, Lanarkshire, as he was attempting to repair a bucket of the dross elevator when it broke loose and crashed to the ground striking an iron bar in his fall "