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Surname
STEIN
Forename
Andrew
Day
27
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Shawfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Law
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
27 February 1931: Sheriff G W Wilton, KC, Lanark, has just issued his interlocutor in a claim for £300 made by Annie Ritchie or Stein, widow of Andrew Stein a coal miner, residing at Brownlie, Law, Carluke, against the Wilson & Clyde Coal Company, Shawfield Colliery, Law, Carluke. It was stated for the pursuers that her husband, on whom she was entirely dependent, a miner in the employ of the defenders, while working in their Shawfield Colliery, on 19th February 1931, was injured by a piece of "burnt" coal or stone falling on his right forearm, resulting in a severe compound fracture. He was immediately removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where he was put under chloroform, and his arm manipulated and cleaned. On 26th February symptoms of pneumonia were discovered, and, on the following day, 27th February, he died. It was urged for the pursuer that the death of her husband was due to septic pneumonia, the pneumonia being caused by his accident at Shawfield Colliery. The defenders maintained, however, that there was no specific proof of the pneumonia being due to any septic condition arising from his injuries or to the operative results. They suggested that the pneumonia was of the lobar or catarrhal kind, and might have been caused by some speck of ward dust. The defenders did not dispute the amount of £300 if found liable in law. Sheriff Wilton, however, found that the pursuer had amply proved her case., and awarded compensation as craved. The wages of the deceased exceeded £2 per week. The sum due for total dependency is therefore £300. [Scotsman 17 December 1931].