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Surname
TURNEY
Forename
Hugh
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1915
Age
46
Occupation
Under manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Thankerton, No.6 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John McAndrew & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
16 April 1915: Holytown – Colliery Manager's Sudden Death – Mr Hugh Turney, 46, under-manager 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. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 17 April 1915]