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Surname
JOHNSTONE
Forename
James
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1945
Age
50
Occupation
Underground Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchlochan, No.2 Mine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd
Location
Coalburn
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
6 October 1945: Lesmahagow - Colliery Fatality - Last Saturday morning James Johnstone, Strathaven Road, an underground repairer, was buried by a heavy roof fall in Auchlochan No 2 Mine. Rescue workers were quickly on the scene, but it was a considerable time before he could be extricated. Medical aid was at hand but life was found to be extinct. Johnstone was 50 years of age. His father, Walter Johnstone was killed in a colliery accident in Auchenbegg Pit many years ago. [Hamilton Advertiser 13 October 1945] [NB Walter Johnstone died 24 November 1913]