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Surname
HAMILTON
Forename
William
Day
27
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
17
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Earnock
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Haulage Accidents (b) Run over or crushed by trams or tubs – He was walking behind a loaded tub which was being hauled outbye by a small pony. The pony stopped at a low and narrow part of the roadway, and deceased, apparently thinking some obstruction had got on to the rails, passed along the side of the tub and looked round the front end. He was about to withdraw, when the pony moved forward and jammed his head between the corner of the tub and a prop. He sustained a compound fracture of the skull which caused death four hours later.