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Surname
BARR
Forename
Anthony
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1916
Age
16
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hattonrigg, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Bellshill
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
27 October 1916: Bellshill – Fatal Colliery Accident – About 2.55pm on Friday Anthony Barr 16 1/2, a miner, residing at 3 Bellvue Terrace, Glebe Street, Bellshill, was fatally crushed between hutches, a rake of which had accidentally run away, at the bottom of No.4 Pit, Hattonrigg Colliery, owned by the Summerlee Iron & Coal Coy. Death was instantaneous. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 28 October 1916]