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Surname
BROWN
Forename
Alexander
Day
28
Month
07
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Thankerton, No.7 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John McAndrew & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
28 July 1915: While an elderly miner named Alexander Brown, residing at Regent Place, Flemington, Motherwell, was at work on Wednesday afternoon in the Virgin seam of No.7 Pit, Thankerton Colliery, Holytown (John M'Andrew & Co.) a fall came from the roof of the working place, striking him on the head, shoulders and upper part of the body. When he was extricated, life was found to be extinct. Two of his sons were at work at the colliery at the time of the accident. [Glasgow Herald 30 July 1915]