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Surname
PATON
Forename
Robert
Day
31
Month
01
Year
1931
Age
35
Occupation
Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Braidhurst
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
31 January 1931: Motherwell Pit Fatality - A colliery shaftsman, named Robert Paton (35), residing at Baillie's Square, Motherwell, was on Saturday afternoon engaged examining the emergency shaft at Braidhurst Colliery, Motherwell (Summerlee Iron Co., Ltd.), when in some manner or other he lost his balance and fell down the shaft, a distance of several fathoms. Death must have been instantaneous. Paton was a married man, and leaves a widow and a family of two. [Scotsman 2 February 1931]