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Surname
HEALY
Forename
Hugh
Day
16
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
70
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bellshill, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Orbiston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
16 November 1900: Fatal Accident to a Miner – A miner named Hugh Healy, 70 years of age, who resided at Cross Row, Low Blantyre, has died in the Royal Infirmary Glasgow, from the effects of injuries received in No.2 Pit, Bellshill Colliery, belonging to the Summerlee and Mossend Coal Company. A large stone fell from the roof, whereby he received a compound fracture of the leg, a wound on the head, and was otherwise so severely injured about the back that he succumbed. [The Hamilton Herald 28 November 1900]