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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Adam
Day
07
Month
09
Year
1928
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Dewshill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 September 1928: Salsburgh - Miner Electrocuted - On Friday last, Adam Wilson, brusher, 7 Janetta Place, Dykehead, met with a shocking death by electrocution while following his employment in Dewshill Colliery, Salsburgh. He was engaged, along with some other workmen, in shifting the loader in what is known as the “pan run” section, when, for some reason, a cable which conveys the current to the machine was accidentally bared, and came in contact with Wilson through the bogie. Death was instantaneous. [Hamilton Advertiser 15 September 1928]