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Surname
PATON
Forename
William
Day
11
Month
03
Year
1936
Age
26
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
11 March 1936: Blantyre – Colliery Fatality - About 6 o'clock on Wednesday night a distressing fatality occurred in No.4 Pit of the Priory Colliery belonging to Messrs William Baird & Co Ltd, the victim being William Paton, 26, who resided at 51 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre. The unfortunate man had been married quite recently. Paton had been engaged at his work on the pan run, when a large stone unexpectedly came away from the roof and when extricated it was found that life was extinct. As a mark of sympathy for their dead workmate the workmen stopped work for the night. [Hamilton Advertiser 14 March 1936]