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Surname
BONNAR
Forename
Patrick
Day
29
Month
06
Year
1942
Age
42
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchengeich
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Chryston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
29 June 1942: While engaged at work underground at Wester Auchengeich Colliery near Bishopbriggs, yesterday, Patrick Bonnar (42), 65 Johnstone Street, Airdrie, and John Jackson (21), 9 Millersheugh Crescent, Larkhall, were caught by a runaway hutch on the main haulage road. Bonnar was instantaneously killed, while Jackson suffered severe body injuries, and was removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. [Scotsman 30 June 1942]