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Surname
YOUNG
Forename
David (Injured)
Day
14
Month
09
Year
1933
Age
59
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadzow, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
14 September 1933: Lanarkshire pit tragedy - One man killed and another injured by fall of stone - Robert Stewart (21), miner of 21 Austin Street, Cadzow, Hamilton, was killed, and David Young (59), Chapel Street, Hamilton, was seriously injured in an accident at Cadzow Colliery Hamilton, yesterday afternoon. The men were engaged, along with another miner, repairing the main road in the Kiltongue section, No.1 Pit, when a serious fall of stone occurred. Stewart and Young were pinned beneath the stone, which weighed several tons, but the third man, David Clelland, of Hamilton, escaped with slight injury to his face. Workmen rushed to the scene of the accident, and after great difficulty extricated the men, who were removed to the pit bottom. Stewart died shortly afterwards as a result of his injuries, while Young was removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary suffering from compound fractures of both legs. [15th September 1933]