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Surname
MURRAY
Forename
Hugh Cummerford
Day
23
Month
01
Year
1929
Age
66
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Greenfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
23 January 1929: Fell Down Shaft - A tragic accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Greenfield Colliery, resulting in the death of Hugh Murray, 66, a colliery fireman residing at 118 Glasgow Road, Burnbank. Murray was engaged in lowering hutches from the “ell” coal to the main seam, a distance of ten fathoms. It seems that while he was bringing a hutch to the shaft, the cage had been lowered and Murray, assuming it to be still in position, delivered the hutch, which was precipitated down the shaft, carrying the unfortunate man with it. Murray was instantaneously killed. [Hamilton Advertiser 26 January 1929]