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Surname
RUSSELL
Forename
Gavin
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1929
Age
27
Occupation
Pit Waggoner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dykehead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
11 May 1929: Larkhall - Pit Accidents - Gavin Russell, 27, pit waggoner, residing at 10 Burn Street, Hamilton, met with an accident on Saturday morning last at Dykehead Colliery, Larkhall, while engaged shunting waggons north of the colliery weighs. He was moving a 16 ton waggon with a crow bar when it slipped, and the waggon running backwards jammed his right leg between the rail and the waggon, with the result that the foot was badly lacerated. Dr M'Nay attended and the unfortunate man was taken to the Royal Infirmary where the foot was amputated below the knee. – Alexander Russell, 37, brusher, residing at 5 Branceburn Row, Law, met with an accident on Monday evening in Skellyton Colliery, Larkhall, while working in the Lower Drumgray seam. A stone weighing about half a cwt slipped from the roof, causing injuries to the right side of the head behind the ear, and bruises to the right thigh. He was removed home and attended by Dr Galbraith, Law. [Hamilton Advertiser 18 May 1929]