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Surname
GLASS
Forename
Richard
Day
10
Month
01
Year
1924
Age
18
Occupation
Coal Gummer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bent, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
10 January 1924: Pit Fatality – About half past six on Thursday morning a distressing fatality occurred in No.3 Pit, Bent Colliery, the victim being Richard Glass, 18, coal gummer, who resided at 17 Glebe Street, Bent. The unfortunate young man was at work in the Virtuewell seam when he was crushed by a sudden fall from the roof. A sad feature of the accident was that his shift would have finished half an hour earlier. [Hamilton Advertiser January 12 1924]