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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
William
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1923
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.7 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
19 December 1923: Workman Killed In Airdrie Pit - While acting as bencher regulating traffic of hutches in Rosehall No.7 Pit, near Airdrie, William Lewis (30), who resided at 113c Deedes Street , Airdrie, was fatally injured. He had been shifting a hutch back on to the rails while the haulage was going on, and got between two hutches, which came together and literally crushed him to death. [Scotsman 22 December 1923] Bellshill - Colliery Fatality - On Wednesday forenoon about 11 o'clock, while William Lewis, coal miner, was at work in No.7 Rosehall Colliery, he was overtaken by a load of hutches and struck on the head with fatal consequences. Deceased was a married man, 29 years of age, and resided at 113 Deed Street, Airdrie. [Hamilton Advertiser 22 December 1923]