New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
McCONAGHY
Forename
Thomas
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1930
Age
48
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hamilton Palace
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
16 December 1930: Bothwellhaugh – Father's Death In Pit – A fatal accident to a Bothwellhaugh miner, Thomas M'Conaghy (48), 21 Roman Place, which occurred while he was working beside his two sons in the splint coal seam of Hamilton Palace Colliery on December 16 was described at a Fatal Accidents Inquiry at the Sheriff Court, Hamilton, on Wednesday. The deceased's sons, in evidence, stated that their father was picking coal at the face when a large piece weighing about 5 cwts became dislodged from the upper part of the working and fell upon him. He was seriously injured about the legs and was removed to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, where he died that night. A workman who had been in the vicinity stated that the deceased had told him afterwards that he was about to get a wedge to dislodge the coal when it came away. The jury recorded a formal verdict. [Hamilton Advertiser 17 January 1931]