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Surname
BANKIER
Forename
William
Day
12
Month
10
Year
1941
Age
64
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dumbreck
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
12 October 1941: Fatal Kilsyth Colliery Accident - The death has taken place of William Bankier (64) colliery fireman, Parkfoot Street, Kilsyth, following an accident on the railway at Dumbreck. Bankier had failed to notice the approach of waggons as he was crossing the line with the result that he was knocked down, and was found between the rails badly injured after the waggons had passed. Deceased was unmarried. [Glasgow Herald 14 October 1941]