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Surname
McALEER
Forename
John
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1927
Age
25
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Damhead Mine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burnside Coal Co.
Location
Chapelhall
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
4 May 1927: Chapelhall – Miner's Finger Blown Off – When John M'Aleer, 25, miner, 39 Main Street, Chapelhall, was preparing, on Wednesday, to fire a shot in the Burnside Coal Company's mine at Chapelhall, a detonator exploded in his hand and blew off two fingers. He was removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. [Hamilton Advertiser 7 May 1927]