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Surname
HALLIDAY
Forename
Edward
Day
18
Month
06
Year
1945
Age
31
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle, Nos 1 & 2 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
18 June 1945: Bothwell - Two Men Killed At Castle Colliery - Two day shift workers were killed at Bothwell Castle No 1 and 2 Colliery on Monday afternoon. They were William Kyle (44), 20 Eighth Street, Birkenshaw, Uddingston and Edward Halliday (31), 45 Bothwellpark Rows, both married men with families. The accident occurred about a mile from the pit bottom, when the men had almost finished their shift. They were pinned under a huge stone, weighing about 3 tons, which fell from the roof. The colliery was idle on Tuesday in sympathy. [Hamilton Advertiser 23 June 1945]