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Surname
MAXWELL
Forename
James
Day
07
Month
05
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Surface worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Baton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Baton Collieries Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 May 1915: Shotts - Fatal Accident At A Colliery - A fatal accident occurred at Baton Colliery, Shotts on Friday forenoon to a workman named James Maxwell, who had started work the previous day. While in the act of tipping a hutch over the “dirt hill” he and the hutch went over together. While being removed to the infirmary, he died from his injuries. [West Lothian Courier 14 May 1915]