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Surname
GREEN
Forename
William Adam
Day
16
Month
11
Year
1923
Age
18
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Haugh
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
16 November 1923: Fatal Accident in a Kilsyth Pit - William Adam Green, miners' drawer, Backbrae Street, Kilsyth, was killed in the Haugh colliery, Kilsyth. Along with a cousin, he had taken an empty hutch up the slope to the coal face, where another party propped it to keep it stationary. Green and his cousin returned to the level to see if they could get another empty hutch, but none being available, the cousin returned to the face and commenced filling the hutch with coal. When it was about half-filled the prop unaccountably gave way and the hutch rushed down the slope. Green had been coming up at the time, but turned and ran for safety. He was later found lying dead, jammed below the hutch. He was 18 years of age. [Scotsman 19 November 1923]