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Surname
DUFFY
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
08
Year
1924
Age
26
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Hamilton Palace
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Colliery Fatality - Whilst at work on Tuesday morning at Palace Colliery, John Duffy (26), a single man residing at Grants Model Lodging House Motherwell, met with his death through being crushed by the fall of a stone from the roof weighing about two tons. The unfortunate man failed to clear himself in time and received the full force of the fall. Help was immediately forthcoming, but on extricating Duffy he was found to be lifeless. Death must have been instantaneous. John King (31), residing at 20 Oakfield Place Motherwell, who was working near the scene at the time, had a narrow escape with his life. He received a slight injury to the head and after being medically attended was able to proceed to his home. [Motherwell Times 15 August 1924]