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Surname
HOMBANKS
Forename
James
Day
20
Month
04
Year
1901
Age
70
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
20 April 1901: Bothwell Park - Accident - An old man, 70 years of age, James Hombanks, residing at Addie's Square, Cockhill, while working in Bothwell Park Collieries, met with a serious accident owing to a race of whurleys getting detached and running away. The old man was knocked down and sustained injuries to his shoulder and back. He was attended by Dr M'Pherson, Bothwell, who ordered his removal to the Royal Infirmary, to which he was conveyed in Uddingston ambulance waggon. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 20 April 1901]