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Surname
BOYLE
Forename
Thomas
Day
17
Month
05
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Robroyston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Barmulloch
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
17 May 1927: Robroyston Miner Killed - Thomas Boyle, machineman, residing at Shettleston, Glasgow, was killed in Messrs John Watson's Robroyston Colliery on Tuesday night. Deceased was caught by a fall from the roof, and when extricated he was found to be dead. As a mark of sympathy the miners refrained from working yesterday. [Scotsman 19 May 1927]