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Surname
BROWN
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1933
Age
75
Occupation
Shanker
Mine/Quarry Name
Holytown, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
17 July 1933: 75-Year Old Miner Killed In Holytown Pit - James Brown (75), a veteran miner employed as a shanker at No.5 Pit, Holytown Colliery (James Nimmo & Co., Ltd.), was killed yesterday as the result of an accident. Brown, in company with other workers, was being lowered in the cage when in some way or other he fell out and dropped to the bottom, a distance of 45 fathoms. He was killed instantaneously. Brown was a personality in the district and had a long and worthy record of service with the company. [Scotsman 18 July 1933]