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Surname
CURRAN
Forename
Dermott
Day
05
Month
04
Year
1937
Age
60
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Gartshore, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Twechar
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
5 April 1937: Fatal Collapse in Colliery - Dermott Curran, a miners' brusher, who reside at Courthill Crescent, Kilsyth, was this morning found dead in the underground workings of Easter Gartshore No.12 Colliery, Croy. Curran had been working alone when he had evidently collapsed and died. He was a married man of about 60 years of age. [Evening Telegraph 5 April 1937]