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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Peter
Day
28
Month
09
Year
1923
Age
26
Occupation
Shot Firer
Mine/Quarry Name
Gateside, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Flemington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
28 September 1923: Miner Killed At Cambuslang - When engaged on the night shift in Gateside Colliery No.2, Cambuslang , a shot firer named Peter Smith, 32 Church Street, Cambuslang, was killed instantaneously by a fall of stone from the roof in the main coal section. He was 26 years of age, and leaves a widow and two of a family. He was a prominent temperance advocate. [Scotsman 29 September 1923]