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Surname
BROWN
Forename
James
Day
31
Month
12
Year
1936
Age
Occupation
Mine-Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Parkneuk
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
31 December 1936: Pit Shot-Firing Tragedy - James Brown, mine-driver, of 4 Belvidere Terrace, Bellshill, was killed during shot-firing operations in the last shift of the year yesterday morning at Parkneuk Colliery, owned by the Glasgow Iron and Steel Company (Ltd.)Motherwell. He had been at work in a mine leading from the Pyotshaw section to the splint coal section and when his absence was noticed workmates went to the coal face in search of him and found him lying dead. He had been killed instantly in the explosion. [Scotsman 1 January 1937]