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Surname
BARR
Forename
Matthew
Day
20
Month
12
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Pit Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
20 December 1916: Bellshill - Crushed to Death - Matthew Barr, a pit bottomer, residing at 261 Main Street, Bellshill, was fatally injured on Wednesday after noon at the Bothwell Park Colliery, Bellshill, of Messrs Wm. Baird & Co. He was at work on the pithead, when he was severely crushed by a waggon, death being instantaneous. The unfortunate man leaves a widow and two children. [Hamilton Advertiser 23 December 1916]