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Surname
MULLEN
Forename
Vincent or Thomas
Day
05
Month
07
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 July 1916: Bothwell – Killed In A Pit – An accident occurred in Messrs Baird's Bothwell Castle Colliery, Bothwell on Wednesday night whereby a young man, Thomas Mullen, pony driver, Springwells, Blantyre, lost his life. Deceased is reported to have been found in a manhole shockingly injured and life extinct. It is presumed he had been run down by a rake of hutches and thrown into the manhole. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 8 July 1916]