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Surname
MITCHELL
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
02
Year
1936
Age
15
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Douglas Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Douglas
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 February 1936: 15-Year-Old Boy's Fatal Fall Down Mine Shaft – A 15-year-old surface worker was killed on Saturday in the Wilson Mine, Douglas, Lanarkshire. He was James Mitchell, son of Patrick Mitchell, miner, Welldale Crescent, Douglas. He was engaged pushing empty hutches on to a travelling carriage when he evidently miscalculated the position of the carriage. An empty hutch and he both fell down the shaft. His spine was broken, and he lived only a few minutes after being extricated. Mitchell was the youngest of a family of six. [Scotsman 17 February 1936]