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Surname
McDERMID
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
09
Year
1934
Age
17
Occupation
Bencher
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
13 September 1934: Bellshill Miner Killed - John McDermid, 17, 157 Hamilton Road, Bellshill, was fatally injured in No 4 Pit, Rosehall Colliery, last night. McDermid, who was a bencher in the Kiltongue seam, was struck by a rake of runaway hutches and killed outright. [Bellshill Speaker September 14 1934]