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Surname
SELFRIDGE
Forename
James
Day
14
Month
02
Year
1916
Age
21
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Watson's, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
14 February 1916: Fatal Colliery Accident - On Monday morning a young man named James Selfridge (21), a miner, who resided at 28 Queen Street, met with a fatal accident in Watson’s No.2 Pit. He was working at a coal cutter when he became entangled in the machinery. One of his legs was torn off and the other was badly smashed. He was removed to the Royal Infirmary, where he succumbed about midnight. [Hamilton Advertiser 19 February 1916]