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Surname
KELLY
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
06
Year
1916
Age
19
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchengeich
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Chryston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
8 June 1916: Miner Killed at Chryston - While at work in Auchengeich Colliery, Chryston, John Kelly, 19 years of age, was instantly killed. Kelly who had only been a short time employed in the pit, was engaged as a drawer; and while bringing a hutch out of one of the roads he was struck on the head by another rake of hutches, the head being jammed against the workings. [Scotsman 12 June 1916]