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Surname
ADAMS
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1900
Age
14
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Hattonrigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Bellshill
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
16 January 1900: A young lad named James Adams (14), pit pony driver, King's Land, Mossend, was yesterday reported to have been accidentally killed in the dock lye of Mossend and Summerlee Companies Hattonrigg coal pit. He had been engaged driving a horse yoked to two hutches when he was run over by a hutch and crushed to death, he having sustained serious internal injuries and a fractured leg. [Scotsman 17 January 1900]