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Surname
MOLLON
Forename
James Lintern
Day
18
Month
09
Year
1939
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hamilton Palace
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
18 September 1939: Miner Killed On Way to Work - During the black-out late on Monday night, James Lintern Mollon (45), a miner, of 45 Cornsilloch Rows, near Larkhall, was knocked down by a bus in Bothwell Road Hamilton, near Hamilton racecourse. Mollon was carried into the Racecourse Lodge, but died shortly afterwards. He was on his way to work at Palace Colliery Bothwellhaugh, at the time. Mollon is survived by his widow and six children. [Scotsman 20 September 1939]