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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Robert
Day
09
Month
08
Year
1929
Age
50
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Viewpark
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Viewpark
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
9 August 1929: A gloom was cast over the Bellshill district yesterday by another mining fatality, the second fatal pit accident within two days. The victim was Robert Wilson (50), who resided at Cross Mansions, Bellshill. Another miner, William M'Lintock, a young married man residing at Mossend Terraces, Mossend, was injured, and conveyed to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. About midnight on Thursday both men were working at Viewpark Colliery, Bellshill, when a fall occurred, striking both men, with fatal effect to Wilson and injury to M'Lintock. Out of respect to Wilson, the pit was idle yesterday. [Scotsman 10 August 1929]