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Surname
GREENSHIELDS
Forename
James Marshall
Day
15
Month
02
Year
1915
Age
17
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Dewshill, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 February 1915: Salsburgh – Fatal Colliery Accident – A young lad named James Marshall Greenshields, 17 years of age, a pony driver, son of Robert Greenshields, Craighead View, Salsburgh, met with an accident which proved fatal about 8am on Monday. He was engaged at work on a pony road in No 1 Dewshill Colliery (Coltness Iron Company's) and was accidentally jammed between a hutch and the building at the side of the hutch road, which caused severe internal bruises about the heart and left lung. On being released he was found to be unconscious and on being removed to the pit bottom and thence to the managers office on the surface, he was examined by Dr Bannatyne and found to be still alive, but he died a minute later without regaining consciousness. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 20 February 1915]