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Surname
WALKER
Forename
John
Day
20
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
63
Occupation
Loco. Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Castlehill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Carluke
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Driving a locomotive which had a separate bogie for coal, and was pushing five full waggons round a curve, which the locomotive became derailed. The coal bogie up ended and he was jammed between the iron rails, carrying the back part of the cab and the front of the fire box, and killed.