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Surname
GORDON
Forename
Robert
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1939
Age
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Kingshill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Allanton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
6 October 1939: Colliery Fatality - Robert Gordon, a colliery machineman residing at Bonkle, Newmains, was killed in Kingshill Colliery, Allanton, Shotts, yesterday morning by a fall of stone. As a mark of respect 800 miners employed at the colliery immediately stopped work for the day. [Scotsman 7 October 1939]