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Surname
HALLORAN
Forename
Patrick
Day
02
Month
10
Year
1927
Age
21
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Viewpark
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Viewpark
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
2 October 1927: Uddingston - About 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, while Patrick Halloran, residing at Alpine Terrace, Uddingston, was employed at the coal cutting machine in the Drumgray section of Messrs Robert Addie & Sons, Ltd, Viewpark Colliery, Uddingston, he came in contact with a live wire, and was electrocuted, death being instantaneous. Deceased was only 21 years of age and recently married. [Hamilton Advertiser 8 October 1927]