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Surname
SCOTT
Forename
Robert
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1935
Age
63
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Highhouse
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Dalmellington Ltd
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
29 August 1935: Auchinleck Colliery Fatality - Robert Scott (63), Brick Row, Lugar, Ayrshire, was instantaneously killed at Highhouse Colliery, Auchinleck, last night when overtaken by a runaway rake of hutches in one of the steepest dooks in the colliery. He was employed as a roadsman in the colliery, and had resumed work only a few days ago after having been unemployed for a time. He was a prominent worker in the local Orange Lodge, and was steward in the Craigston Lodge of Free Gardeners. He is survived by his widow and a grown-up family. [Scotsman 30 August 1935]