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Surname
McLUSKY
Forename
John
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dewshill, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 May 1924: Fatal Accidents Inquiries - On Friday, before Sheriff Macdiarmid and a mixed jury, at Airdrie, inquiries were held into several fatal accidents which had occurred during the past month. Among the inquiries were the following :- John M’Lusky, miner, Linrigg Rows, Newhouse, by Holytown, who died on 15th May at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow from the effect of injuries sustained while employed on 20th December, 1923, in the Drumgray seam of No. 1 Pit, DewshiIl Colliery, Salsburgh, of the Coltness Iron Co., Ltd., by falling and cutting his right knee on a hutch rail. ……. The jury returned a formal verdict in each case. [Motherwell Time 18 July 1924]