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Surname
MULHOLLAND
Forename
Charles
Day
05
Month
05
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchengeich
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Chryston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 May 1932 Scots Mining Tragedy - Killed While Filling Last Hutch - Charles Mulholland, miner, Condorrat, Croy, was killed by a fall of material from the roof in Auchengeich Colliery, Chryston. Mulholland was filling his last hutch prior to stopping his shift when the fall enveloped him. He was well known as a footballer, playing half-back for Cumbernauld Thistle and formerly Croy Celtic. He was a single man of 28. [Evening Telegraph 5 May 1932]