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Surname
CARLIN
Forename
James
Day
30
Month
06
Year
1928
Age
29
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Viewpark
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Viewpark
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
30 June 1928: Miner Killed at Uddingston - While coming off his midnight shift early on Saturday morning, James Carlin (29), who resided at 130 Bothwellpark Rows, Uddingston, was in the act of stepping into the cage at the pit bottom of Viewpark Colliery, Uddingston, when the cage was suddenly started. He was caught by the crossbeam and shockingly crushed. On being extricated life was found to be extinct. [Scotsman 2 July 1928]