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Surname
BONAR
Forename
Patrick
Day
20
Month
03
Year
1932
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Riddochhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
20 March 1932: Miner Electrocuted - While following his employment in Riddochhill Colliery, Bathgate, owned by Wm. Baird & Co. (Ltd.), Patrick Bonar (45), miner, 55 Durhamtown, Bathgate, was instantaneously killed through being electrocuted. Bonar it is stated, first received an electric shock while walking along No.10 run, as the result of which he was thrown across the pans, sustaining a second shock estimated at 500 volts. Bonar was a widower, and he is survived by one daughter. [Scotsman 22 March 1932]