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Surname
SKIFFINGTON
Forename
James
Day
21
Month
01
Year
1938
Age
60
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Holytown
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
21 January 1920: New Stevenston – Pit Accident – An accident occurred on Wednesday at Holytown Colliery, New Stevenston, causing the death of James Skiffington, a miner, 60 years of age. He was repairing a road in the blackband seam when a fall came from the roof, completely burying him. When extricated life was extinct. Other two men who were at work with him in the same road had a narrow escape. [Hamilton Advertiser 24 January 1920]