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Surname
McCUE
Forename
Thomas
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1935
Age
Occupation
Pan-shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Tannochside, No.3 Old Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 January 1935: BELLSHILL PIT FATALITY - Four Children Left Orphans - A Bellshill miner, Thomas M'Cue, 116 Parkhead Rows, Hamilton Road, was killed yesterday morning at work in Tannochside No.3 Old Pit. By his death his four children are left orphans, their mother having died eight weeks ago. M'Cue was a pan-shifter on a coal-conveyor run. While releasing a stay which held the coal-cutter in position a large stone fell from the roof. Pinning him to the ground, it killed him instantaneously. Workmates at once extricated him, but had to employ screw jacks before the stone could be raised from his dead body. M'Cue was well known in Bellshill and district, acting as instructor to the Thorniewood Boy Scouts' Pipe Band. The family's ages range from ten to twenty years. [Sunday Post 6 January 1935]