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Surname
KANE
Forename
John Johnstone
Day
10
Month
04
Year
1928
Age
18
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadzow, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
10 April 1928: Fatality At Cadzow Colliery – On Tuesday John Johnstone Kane (18) pony driver, 13 Wilson Terrace, Cadzow, met with a fatal accident in the Kiltongue Seam of No.1 pit, Cadzow Colliery. He was employed taking hutches from the slope to the main haulage road, and at a part where the way was about 4 feet high he was crushed between one of the hutches and the roof, sustaining severe such injuries on the head and chest that he died almost immediately. [Hamilton Advertiser 14 April 1928]