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Surname
MUIRHEAD
Forename
David
Day
22
Month
03
Year
1919
Age
27
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyreferme
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
22 March 1919: Uddingston – Fatal Colliery Accident – On the eve of stopping work on Saturday afternoon last week an oncost worker named David Muirhead, married and residing at Mansefield Street, Partick, was run down by a runaway hutch in Messrs A.G. Moore & Co.'s Blantyre Ferme Colliery, and instantaneously killed. He had been four years in the Army and had only resumed work about 3 years ago. [Hamilton Advertiser 29 March 1919] David Muirhead (27), oncost worker at Blantyre Ferme colliery, Uddingston, was run down by a runaway hutch,and instantaneously killed. He resided at Mansfield Street, Partick. [Scotsman 25 March 1919]