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Surname
HUNTER
Forename
William
Day
13
Month
08
Year
1923
Age
32
Occupation
Oversman
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadzow, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
13 August 1923: Oversman Killed in a Hamilton Pit - While proceeding along the Kiltongue seam in No. 1 Pit, Cadzow Colliery. Hamilton, with a rake of loaded hutches, William Hunter (32), an oversman living at 245 Low-waters, Hamilton, crashed into a steel beam which had been brought down by a fall, and was instantaneously killed. [Scotsman 15 August 1923]