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Surname
LINDSAY
Forename
Andrew
Day
24
Month
12
Year
1919
Age
16
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchinraith
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Merry & Cunninghame Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
26 December 1919: Blantyre - Miner's Peculiar Death - The police report the sudden death, under peculiar circumstances, of a young man named Andrew Lindsay, age 16½ years, which took place yesterday morning. Deceased was employed in Auchinraith Colliery, and he took suddenly ill and passed into a semi-conscious condition. He was removed with all haste to the pithead, but died just as he was being carried into the ambulance room. Dr M'Millan was in attendance but he could not determine the cause of death. [Hamilton Advertiser 27 December 1919] Register of FAI - struck by piece of falling coal