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Surname
GRANT
Forename
James
Day
06
Month
11
Year
1942
Age
41
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd
Location
Glenboig
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
6 November 1942: Miner Killed By Falling Stone - James Grant, colliery machineman, was working a coalcutter in Bedlay Colliery, north-west Lanarkshire, to day, when a large stone fell and killed him instantly. Deceased, who resided at Annathill, was 41 years of age and leaves a widow and nine children. [Evening Telegraph 6 November 1942]