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Surname
MENZIES
Forename
Albert
Day
10
Month
06
Year
1936
Age
63
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil, Furnace Yard Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
10 June 1937: TRAPPED UNDER DESCENDING PIT CAGE - MINER DIES FROM INJURIES - As a result of injuries received on Tuesday night in Furnace Yard Pit, Kinneil, Albert Menzies (63), a miner, residing at 16 East Bog, Bo'ness, died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to-day. Menzies was suddenly overtaken by a descending cage while crossing the pit bottom and was severely crushed. He was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary with abdominal injuries. [Evening Telegraph 10 June 1937] Traced After 50 Years - Sequel to Pit Accident Fatality – Newsboy Protege Find - Following the death in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary recently of Albert Henry Menzies, pit bottomer, 16 East Bog, Bo'ness, who was injured in an accident at Carriden colliery, Bo'ness, on June 8, the police made inquiries with a view to discovering if he had any relatives alive, and had a communication from a Glasgow man, Mr David Menzies, of 29 Baltic Street, Bridgeton, to the effect that he thought deceased might be his brother, whom he had not seen for 50 years. The brother in question, one of a family of 13, had disappeared from his home when 14 years of age, he said, and had not been heard of since. Bo'ness police asked Lanarkshire police to inquire in the Larkhall district, in which, it was believed, Menzies had resided for a time, and information gained there led to unexpected confirmation of Mr David Menzies's theory. Larkhall Benefactress - Fifty years ago, it was learned, a Larkhall woman, Elizabeth M'Culloch or Miller, 48 Crossgates Street, Larkhall, while visiting Glasgow, took pity on a little boy whom she saw selling newspapers on the street on a cold winter night, and eventually took him home as her protege. The boy assumed the name of Albert Miller and lived in the same house as his benefactress until her death, which occurred about 26 years ago. The protege later went to Bo'ness to work, and the fact that he there dropped the name of Miller and took the name of Albert Henry Menzies is held to be good ground for the belief that he was the Albert Henry Menzies who disappeared 50 years ago from his home in Glasgow. [Scotsman 5 July 1937]