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Surname
TRUTEN
Forename
Alexander
Day
05
Month
05
Year
1933
Age
16
Occupation
Pithead Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Gartshore, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Twechar
County
Dunbartonshire
Details of Event
5 May 1933: Croy Pit Fatality - Alexander Truten (16), pithead worker, residing at Twechar, was fatally injured last night while a work at Gartshore No. 3 Colliery, Croy. He had been at work at the coal-washing plant when he was caught by a hutch and so severely injured about the neck and chest that he died almost immediately. [Scotsman 6 May 1933]