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Surname
SWEENEY
Forename
Charles
Day
24
Month
05
Year
1927
Age
46
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kippsbyre
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Airdrie
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Charles Sweeney (46), miner, lost his life in Kippsbyre Colliery, near Airdrie on Tuesday, by a fall of stone from the roof of his working place. He received a compound fracture of the skull which proved instantaneously fatal. Deceased was single and resided at 2 Gaswork Row, Calderbank. [Hamilton Advertiser 28 May 1927].