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Surname
McCAULEY
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
05
Year
1937
Age
67
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyre, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
High Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
13 May 1937: Blantyre Miner Killed - Having had an idle day for the Coronation on Wednesday, 450 miners employed at Blantyre Collieries, High Blantyre belonging to William Dixon and Co, Ltd, were again idle yesterday as a mark of sympathy for a fellow workman who had been killed in No.2 Pit just shortly before he was due to finish his work on the night shift. The victim was John M'Caulay (67), who resided at 11 Morris Crescent, Blantyre. He was employed as a bottomer and he was caught by the descending cage. He was so severely injured that death must have been instantaneous. Following the usual custom of miners when a fatal accident occurs in the pit, the day shift men did not start work. [Glasgow Herald 14 May 1937]