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Surname
HAMILTON
Forename
Thomas
Day
07
Month
06
Year
1938
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Broomside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 June 1938: Colliery Bing Mishap - Tipper Falls on Two Men, Injuring One Fatally - Injuries, to which he later succumbed, were sustained by a Motherwell miner, while his workmate was also injured, in an accident at Broomside Colliery, Motherwell, belonging to the Glasgow Iron Company. The two men - Thomas Hamilton,who resided at 62 Woodburn Street, Motherwell, and John Stannage, 56 Argyle Street Motherwell - were employed on the colliery bing and were moving forward a tipper which is used for emptying refuse from waggons on to the bing. The tipper was being raised by means of a jack when it over-balanced and fell upon the two men. Hamilton sustained severe head and chest injuries, and Stannage injuries to his back. Both men were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Where Hamilton died later. [Scotsman 8 June 1938]