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Surname
WHIGHAM
Forename
James
Day
10
Month
03
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Pug Hunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Colliery line, beside Gavell Station
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
10 March 1915: MAN KILLED AT KILSYTH. About midday a fatal accident took place at the Colliery lye, beside Bavell Station, near Kilsyth. James Whigham, a young married man, who resided at Townhead Street, Kilsyth, and was employed by Messrs Wm. Baird & Company. Ltd., as a pug hunter, was following out his duties when he fell on the railway. Some 13 waggons passed over his body, which was practically cut in two. Whigham died in a short time. [Edinburgh Evening News 10 March 1915]