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Surname
FREW
Forename
Benjamin
Day
15
Month
02
Year
1927
Age
18
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyre, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
High Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 February 1927: Blantyre – Fatal Colliery Accident – On Tuesday, a fatal accident occurred in No.2 pit of Blantyre Collieries (Messrs William Dixon Ltd), the victim being a young miner named Benjamin Frew (18), who resided at 73 High Blantyre Road, Burnbank, Hamilton. While at his work in the Ell coal seam a large stone suddenly came away and the unfortunate lad was completely pinned beneath it. When extricated life was found to be extinct. Death must have been instantaneous. [Hamilton Advertiser 19 February 1927]