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Surname
HAMILTON
Forename
Hugh
Day
07
Month
02
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Brushing Contractor
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 February 1927: Bothwell – Colliery Accident – On Monday afternoon while Hugh Hamilton brushing contractor, residing at Cross Roads, Burnbank, Hamilton, was preparing to fire a shot while at work in Bothwell Castle Colliery, a heavy fall took place and he was badly crushed, sustaining injury to collar bone, fracture of the ribs, and injury to the foot. He was removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. [Hamilton Advertiser 12 February 1927]