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Surname
MARTIN
Forename
Matthew
Day
15
Month
02
Year
1945
Age
14
Occupation
Sampler
Mine/Quarry Name
Dumbreck
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
15 February 1945: Killed After Month At Work - Mathew Martin 14-year-old son of Mathew Martin, works policeman, Edmonstone Drive, Kilsyth, after washing his tea can at Dumbreck Colliery where he was employed as a sampler, stepped back on the colliery railway to go to the canteen but was crushed, between two waggons and fatally injured. He had only been employed a month. [Evening Telegraph 15 February 1945]