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Surname
TURNEY
Forename
Hugh
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1915
Age
46
Occupation
Under-manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Thankerton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. McAndrew & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Mr Hugh Turney, 46, under-mananger of No 6 Thankerton Colliery, belonging to John McAndrew & Co. Ltd., died with startling suddenness while at work in the Upper Drumgray seam of that pit on Friday forenoon. He had been engaged repairing the coal conveyors along with other two men. Mr Turney got down on his knees and immediately collapsed, death appearing to be instantaneous. Dr Findlay afterwards found that death was due to cardiac failure. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 17 April 1915]