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Surname
AITKEN
Forename
Hugh
Day
17
Month
04
Year
1918
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Whistleberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
17 April 1918: Blantyre - Accident - Hugh Aitken, miner, 21 High Blantyre Road, Burnbank, was injured on Monday in Whistleberry Colliery, being knocked down by a loaded hutch. He received a compound fracture of the left leg below the knee and was attended by Dr Wilson who ordered Aitken's removal to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. [The Lanarkshire, Incorporating the Hamilton Herald 17 April 1918]