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Surname
GALLACHER
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
04
Year
1944
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Thankerton, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John McAndrew & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
John Gallacher, miner, 109 Main Street, Holytown, Lanarkshire, died on 13 April 1944 at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, from injuries sustained on the same day in Docherty Mine Section of the Virgin Coal Seam of No.1 Pit, Tankerton Colliery, Holytown, Lanarkshire, when a stone fell from the roof upon him "