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Surname
BONE
Forename
Alexander
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1917
Age
36
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Allanton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Barr & Sons (Coalmasters) Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
13 & 14 January 1917: Larkhall Colliery Fatalities - Two Men Killed and Two Injured - A distressing accident occurred at Allanton Colliery on Saturday afternoon about one o'clock. Two workmen named Alexander Bone and Robert Miller were engaged in the “black band” seam in No.2 Pit and were preparing to finish their shift when a large stone fell from the roof upon Bone, who was crushed and almost buried under the debris. Miller, who had a narrow escape, summoned assistance and his companion was speedily extricated, but he was found to be dead. The body was removed in the Larkhall ambulance waggon to deceased's home in Meadowhill Rows. Bone, who was about 36 years of age, leaves a widow and 3 young children for whom much sympathy is felt. [Hamilton Herald 17 January 1917]