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Surname
HEWITT
Forename
Samuel James
Day
07
Month
02
Year
1902
Age
33
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Tannochside, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 February 1902: Fatal Colliery Accident – On Thursday, while Samuel James Hewitt, miner, Kirkwood Rows, was working along with others in No.2 Pit, Tannochside Colliery, in the opening face of the Longwell section of the Drumgray coal seam, a stone weighing about 12 or 15 tons fell from the roof and crushed him under it. When taken out he was found to be dead, having been killed instantaneously. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 15 February 1902]