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Surname
SNEDDON
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
04
Year
1937
Age
16
Occupation
Bencher
Mine/Quarry Name
Easter Gartshore, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Twechar
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
22 April 1937: John Sneddon (16), colliery bencher, Cronulla Place, Kilsyth, succumbed yesterday, in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, to injuries received in the Easter Gartshore No. 3 Colliery, Croy. He had been at work on an underground road when he was struck by a runaway hutch. [Scotsman 23 April 1937]