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Surname
GIBSON
Forename
George
Day
06
Month
08
Year
1917
Age
65
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bent
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
6 August 1917: Drowned In A Pit Pond – The body of a man was found floating in the pond at Bent Colliery, Hamilton, on Monday forenoon, and was subsequently identified as that of George Gibson, a miner, 65 years of age, who resided in the Bent. He had been ailing for several years and unable to work, and latterly had been somewhat depressed. [Hamilton Advertiser 11 August 1917]