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Surname
PATERSON
Forename
William
Day
07
Month
02
Year
1922
Age
33
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.14 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 February 1922: Miner Electrocuted At Coatbridge - A mine machineman named William Cairns Paterson has met his death by electrocution in the Rosehall colliery, Coatbridge. While working at a coalcutting machine at the face, he came in contact with a switch on the machine, which at the time was fully charged with electric current, and was killed on the spot. He was 33 years of age and leaves a widow and family of two. [Scotsman 9 February 1922] Coatbridge Miner Electrocuted - A mine machineman named William Cairns Paterson has met his death by electrocution in the Rosehall colliery, Coatbridge. While working at a coalcutting machine at the face, he came in contact with a switch on the machine, which at the time was fully charged with electric current, and was killed on the spot. He was 33 years of age and leaves a widow and family of two. [Hamilton Advertiser 11 February 1922]