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Surname
ANDERSON
Forename
John
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1931
Age
13
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Viewpark, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Viewpark
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
21 February 1931: Fatal Colliery Accident - While John Anderson, 13 years of age, and residing at 18 Cuthbert Street, Tannochside, Uddingston, was at work in No.2 Viewpark Colliery, Uddingston, on Friday night, he was run down by a rake of hutches and sustained such injuries that he succumbed the following morning. [Scotsman 23 February 1931]