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Surname
HIGGINS
Forename
Charles
Day
07
Month
03
Year
1928
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Glenboig
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 March 1928: Pinned Under Stone - Scottish Miner Fatally Injured. - Charles Higgins, miner, Annathill Terrace, Bedlay, Lanarkshire, was at work in Bedlay Colliery when a huge stone suddenly came out of the roof of the workings and fell upon him. It took several men to raise the stone and when Higgins was got out he was to found be in a critical condition. He succumbed to his injuries. [Evening Telegraph 7 March 1928]