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Surname
EASTON
Forename
James
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Gartshore
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Twechar
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
20 June 1929: Kilsyth Miner Killed - James Easton, colliery oncost worker, Charles Street, Kilsyth, was yesterday afternoon instantly killed in Gartshore Pit, Croy. Easton was coming out of the workings at the finish of his shift when a stone fell upon him from the roof of the workings. Deceased was a single man, of fully seventy years of age. [Scotsman 21 June 1929]