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Surname
LEES
Forename
Joseph
Day
18
Month
06
Year
1942
Age
20
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Thankerton, No.6 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John McAndrew & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Newspaper report - Bothwell pages NAS FAI "Joseph Lees, coal miner, 34 Sunnyside Crescent, Holytown, Lanarkshire, died on 18 June 1942 at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, from injuries sustained on 17 June 1942 in the haulage lye in the Upper Drumgray Coal Seam in No.6 Pit, Thankerton Colliery, Holytown, Lanarkshire, when a quantity of stone fell upon him" 18 June 1942: Miner Succumbs to Injuries - Joseph Lees (20), who resided at Sunnyside Crescent, Holytown, has died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary as the result of an accident at Thankerton Colliery, Holytown. Lees sustained leg and body injuries. [Scotsman 20 June 1942]