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Surname
McCLUSKEY
Forename
William
Day
08
Month
06
Year
1914
Age
33
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Orbiston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Orbiston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
8 August 1916: Miner Killed By a Fall - While at work in the Summerlee Iron and Coal Company's Old Orbiston colliery, Bellshill, William M'Cluskey (33), a miner, residing at 5 High Biggans Clydesdale Road, Mossend, was caught under a large fall of strata, and instantaneously killed. He leaves a widow and family. [Scotsman 14 August 1916]