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Surname
BRODIE
Forename
Joseph
Day
02
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
19
Occupation
Pit Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Holytown, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
2 July 1900: Fatal Pit Accident - On Monday a pit bottomer, named Joseph Brodie, 19, residing at Clarkston's Land, New Stevenson, was killed while at work in No.5 Pit, Holytown Colliery, belonging to James Nimmo & Co. He had signalled to the engineman to raise the cage a little bit in order to remove some rubbish from under the rests, and signalled to have the cage lowered again. It is supposed that he made an attempt to remove a pick from under the cage just as it was being lowered, but the cage came down and broke his neck. [Motherwell Times 6 July 1900]