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Surname
HARTY
Forename
Owen
Day
19
Month
04
Year
1927
Age
54
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bardykes
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
19 April 1927: Cambuslang Miner Killed - Owen Harty, 118 Duke's Road, Cambuslang, while working in Bardykes Colliery, Cambuslang yesterday, was caught and buried in a heavy fall from the roof. When extricated, life was extinct. The deceased was 54 years of ago, and leaves a widow and family of eight. [Scotsman 20 April 1927] Cambuslang – Bardykes Colliery Fatality – While waiting to bore at the coal face at Bardykes Colliery, Spittal, Cambuslang, early on Tuesday morning, Owen Harty, 50, hole borer, 118 Duke's Road, Wellshot, Cambuslang, was buried beneath a fall of debris from the wall. When he was extricated, life was found to be extinct. Harty leaves a widow and grown up family. [Hamilton Advertiser 23 April 1927]