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Surname
KEEGANS
Forename
Hugh
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1933
Age
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Easter Gartshore, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Twechar
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
7 October 1933 Miner Fatally Injured - Hugh Keegans, miner's drawer, son of Hugh Keegans, miner, Westport Street, Kilsyth, was fatally injured when struck by a runaway hutch in Easter Gartshore No. 3 Colliery, Croy, on Saturday. He died within a few minutes of reaching the infirmary. Deceased, who was about nineteen years of age, was a very promising young football player, and was to have played in a Kilsyth District League match on Saturday afternoon, but the game was postponed at the last moment on news being received that he had succumbed to his injuries. [Scotsman 9 October 1933]