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Surname
SHEDDON or SHEDDENS
Forename
William
Day
15
Month
03
Year
1929
Age
34
Occupation
Face Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadzow, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 March 1929: Fatality At Cadzow Colliery - William Sheddon, 34, a married man residing at 21 Muir Street, Larkhall, was fatally injured in Cadzow Colliery on Friday last while following his employment at the coal face in the Kiltongue seam. A huge stone fell from the roof of his working place and pinned him to the pavement, the greater part of his body being caught in the fall. When he was extricated by his fellow workers, life was extinct. The body was afterwards examined by Dr Norah Steel, who certified death was due to asphyxia and shock. [Hamilton Advertiser 23 March 1929] Fatal Accident Inquiry - Sheriff Macdonald and a jury inquired into a number of fatal accidents on Monday at the Sheriff Court, Hamilton. Formal verdicts were returned with regards to the deaths of - William Sheddon, miner, 21 Muir Street, Larkhall, who was killed on 15th March by a fall from the roof of the Kiltongue section of No.1 Pit, Cadzow Colliery, Hamilton. [Hamilton Advertiser 11 May 1929]