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Surname
HAMILTON
Forename
James
Day
19
Month
01
Year
1916
Age
41
Occupation
Foreman Joiner
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchlochan
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd
Location
Coalburn
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
19 January 1916: Fatal Colliery Accident In Lanarkshire - James Hamilton (41), foreman joiner, residing at Inglemuir, Coalburn, has died as the result of injuries received in an accident at Auchlochan Colliery. In an endeavour to stop some waggons which had been put in motion he picked up a piece of timber about six feet long in order to sprag one of the wheels. The timber rebounded striking Hamilton violently and throwing him beneath, the wheels of the waggons, which passed over him. [Scotsman 24 January 1916]