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Surname
GARDNER
Forename
David
Day
07
Month
05
Year
1932
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Northfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 May 1932 Shotts Miner Killed - Four hundred miners employed at Northfield Colliery, Shotts, belonging to the Shotts Iron Company (Ltd.), were idle yesterday as a mark of sympathy following the accidental death late on Sunday night of David Gardner (45), 7 Stane Place, Shotts, who was killed by a fall of roof while at work in the colliery. Gardner was married. [Scotsman 10 May 1932]