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Surname
NORTON
Forename
Joseph
Day
28
Month
06
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Currie Mine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
June, 1932: SCOTTISH PIT TRAGEDIES - Man Who Was Recalled - Joseph Norton, colliery brusher, Church Street, Kilsyth, was killed in Curriemine Colliery, Kilsyth, to-day. He had finished his shift and was on his way up the pit when he was recalled to attend to some job, and a large stone fell upon him and killed him outright. A well-known football official, Norton leaves a family of eight. [Evening Telegraph 28 June 1932]