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Surname
STRAIN
Forename
Anthony
Day
31
Month
03
Year
1938
Age
17
Occupation
Pit Top Man
Mine/Quarry Name
Hamilton Palace
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
31 March 1938: Anthony Strain, aged 17, the eldest son of parents living at Bothwellhaugh, near Bellshill, became entangled in a belt and wheel operating the screening plant at the Palace Colliery of Bent Colliery Co., where he was employed. He was so badly injured that he died almost immediately. As a tribute to the unfortunate lad miners employed at the colliery did not go to work yesterday. [Scotsman 2 April 1938]