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Surname
HALLIDAY
Forename
Harry
Day
12
Month
05
Year
1928
Age
53
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Blackhill (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Bishopbriggs
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 May 1928: Bishopbriggs Pit Fatality - Harry Halliday (53), underground oncost worker, who resided al 78 Duncruin Street, Maryhill, Glasgow; met his death at Summerlee Coal Company's Blackhill Colliery, Bishopbriggs, on Saturday afternoon. Having completed his shift, deceased had been walking up the dook brae to the pit bottom when he was knocked by a runaway hutch. [Scotsman 14 May 1928]