New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
WALKER
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
03
Year
1920
Age
31
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Dunlop & Co.
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
20 March 1920: Two Miner Killed – Fatalities At Bardykes & Newton – Two fatalities occurred in the Cambuslang mining area on Saturday. Jas. M'Kenna who resided in lodgings at 6 Bushyhill, Cambuslang was at work in the Summerlee Co's Bardykes Colliery at an early hour on Saturday morning when he was caught in a heavy fall from the roof and killed instantaneously. Deceased was a bachelor and native of Ireland. William Walker (31) repairer, who resided at 52 Dunlop Street, Newton, was fatally injured on Saturday at Messrs James Dunlop and Company's No 12 pit, Newton Colliery. While engaged repairing the shaft he was enveloped in a fall of debris which broke away from the side overhead. Knocked off the scaffolding on which he had been standing, the unfortunate man was hurled to the pit bottom, a distance of 60 feet. He was picked up in a mangled condition and conveyed to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where he died shortly after his admission. [The Lanarkshire 27 March 1920]