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Surname
KILDAY
Forename
Matthw
Day
12
Month
07
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Earnock, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 July 1916: Kicked By A Pony – On Wednesday forenoon Matthew Kilday, pony driver, residing with his parents at 4 Purdie Street Burnbank, met with an accident while at work in the Kiltongue seam of No.3 Pit, Earnock Colliery. He received a severe kick from a pony in the lower part of the stomach which rendered him unconscious for several hours. After being attended to on the surface by Dr Brownlie he was removed home. A brother of Kilday's was killed in Bent Pit two years ago. [Hamilton Advertiser 15 July 1916] NB His brother was John Kilday, killed at Bent Colliery, 14 May 1914