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Surname
TWADDELL
Forename
John (Injured)
Day
19
Month
04
Year
1928
Age
57
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Clyde, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Carmyle
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
19 April 1928: Hamilton Pit Fatality - As the result of a fall of material yesterday morning in No.3 pit, Clyde Colliery, Hamilton, belonging to Wilsons & Clyde (Ltd.), one workman was killed and two were injured. The man who was killed was William Mauchline (34), a brusher, who resided at 93 Windsor Street, Burnbank, Hamilton; and the men who were injured were Daniel Morgan (34), brusher, 6 School Street, Hamilton, whose left leg was fractured and left arm bruised, and John Twaddell, (57), brusher, 22 Miller Street, Hamilton, who received a scalp wound, with bruising to the ribs. Morgan was removed to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, and Twaddell after being medically attended, was taken home. [Scotsman 20 April 1928]