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Surname
GORDON
Forename
Joseph
Day
24
Month
08
Year
1903
Age
57
Occupation
Signalman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Park Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Bothwell Park Quarries & Brickworks Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
A gland at the top of one of the stays of a steam crane gave way and the crane fell upon him. Both the gland and three of the four bolts attaching it to the top of the stay were broken while a three ton stone was being lifted out of the quarry.