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Surname
SANDS
Forename
Robert
Day
15
Month
02
Year
1916
Age
21
Occupation
Bogieman
Mine/Quarry Name
Holytown, No.8 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 February 1916: Mining Fatalities in Bellshill District - Two mining fatalities occurred in Bellshill district yesterday. Robert Sands (21), son of David Sands, enginekeeper, Jackson Place, Carfin Street, New Stevenston, was at his employment as a bogieman in No.8 Pit, Nimmo's Holytown colliery, when he was run down by a rake of hutches. Death was due to fracture of the skull. John Railton, a miner, married, 27 years of age, and residing at 3 Gardenside, Crossgates, Bellshill, was at work in the Coltness Company's Milnwood colliery, when a hutch ran him down. He sustained serious internal injuries, to which he succumbed in the Royal Infirmary. [Scotsman 16 February 1916]