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Surname
HALL
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
58
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 May 1914: Last night, at Bothwell Park Colliery, Bellshill, a pit worker was killed and other two had narrow escapes. James Hall, 64, residing at 152 Bothwell Park, Bellshill, and William McCartney, and Robert Gordon, also residing at Bothwell Park, were employed shifting a number of large pine beams. The two latter had gone in search of implements, and when only a yard or two from underneath the beams, they heard a despairing cry from Hall, and turning round found him pinned under several of the beams. Death had been instantaneous, as the beams weighed several tons. [Scotsman 16th May 1914] Deceased, along with other two men, had been taking out some planks from beneath others. While doing so the upper planks were supported by means of props. After the required planks had been obtained, and when the props were about to be removed, the planks resting on the props slipped and fell. Deceased was caught and covered by them and killed instantly.