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Surname
MUIR
Forename
William Alexander
Day
24
Month
05
Year
1917
Age
54
Occupation
Scree Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bent
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
24 May 1917: Fatality At Bent Colliery – William Alexander Muir, 54, scree engineman, 18 Burnside Lane, met his death on Thursday afternoon at the pithead of No.3 Bent Colliery. Something had gone wrong with the travelling clots leading to the washing machine, and it is believed deceased had gone to see what was the matter. Later on, one of the company's engineers found Muir fixed in the machinery and apparently dead. Dr Macfarlane was summoned and pronounced life extinct. It would seem that deceased's clothing had been caught in the revolving shaft and he had been drawn in. His neck was fractured and he had other injuries. He leaves a widow and a grown up family. [Hamilton Advertiser 26 May 1917]