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Surname
BOYD
Forename
Robert
Day
02
Month
05
Year
1922
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Swinhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Larkhall
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 June 1922: While at work at Swinhill Colliery on Tuesday afternoon, Robert Boyd sustained a fracture of the spine and other bodily injuries by a fall of stone. He was removed to the Royal Infirmary. [The Lanarkshire 6 May 1922] NB Robert Boyd died 15 June 1922 in Glasgow Royal Infirmary Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Whilst deceased was taking down a piece of holed coal, part of the overlying stratum of blaes, 16 in. thick, fell away from an invisible lype and displaced several props. He was buried under the fall and sustained serious injury to the spine which caused his death on 15th June. Newspaper report - Dalserf pages