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Surname
DICKSON
Forename
James
Day
12
Month
06
Year
1900
Age
18
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Douglas Park, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 June 1901: Miner killed At Bellshill - On Wednesday afternoon, James Dickson, miner, 18 years of age, who resided in lodgings at Douglas Park Rows, was killed while at work in the main coal seam of No.1 Douglas Park Colliery, belonging to the Wilsons & Clyde Coal Company, by a stone, weighing 5 cwt, falling on him from the roof. He died almost instantly. [Herald June 14 1901]