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Surname
WARNER
Forename
Patrick
Day
04
Month
04
Year
1935
Age
25
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Hassockrigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
4 April 1935: Two Miners Killed - Buried by Fall of Debris at Shotts Colliery - A serious accident involving the deaths of two Shotts miners occurred early yesterday morning at Hassockridge Colliery, Shotts, belonging to the Coltness Iron Company (Ltd.) The dead men were:- Thomas Naylas, 47 years, married, of 21 Hunter Street, Shotts, and Patrick Warner, 25 years, single, of 9 Hunter Place, Shotts. Naylas and Warner were working together at the rear of a coal-cutting machine when a fall of nearly five tons of debris took place, pinning both men to the pavement and burying them. At first it was thought that Warner was elsewhere in the section, but it was soon realised that he too was buried. After an hour's work both men were extricated, and were found to be dead death being due to suffocation. Naylas leaves a widow and a family of nine. As a mark of respect, the miners employed at the colliery were idle yesterday. [Scotsman 5 April 1935]