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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Thomas
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1930
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Gartshore
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Twechar
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
27 October 1930: Miner Electrocuted - Thomas Smith, miner, Auchinstarry, Croy, Dumbartonshire, was yesterday afternoon electrocuted in Gartshore Colliery, Croy. An electric cable had fused and fallen on to the iron plates on which Smith was standing, and the current passed through the plates and killed him instantly. Deceased was about 40 years of age, and leaves five children. [Scotsman 28 October 1930]