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| Date: | 26th December 1908 |
| Colliery: | North Motherwell |
| Company: | Merry and Cunninghame, Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of side |
| Lives Lost: | 2 |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Side |
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 | Anderson, Alexander, aged 20, Miner, A stone mine from the shaft cut the Upper Drumgray coal, and arrangements were made to open out with a view to work it. Deceased, Anderson, sen., who was a very capable workman, was entrusted by the manager to do the work, and began operations on the morning of the accident. During the morning some coal was worked off, and while the father was wedging down coal, a mass of stone fell and both were killed instantly |
| | Anderson, Andrew, sen., aged 42, Miner, A stone mine from the shaft cut the Upper Drumgray coal, and arrangements were made to open out with a view to work it. Deceased, Anderson, sen., who was a very capable workman, was entrusted by the manager to do the work, and began operations on the morning of the accident. During the morning some coal was worked off, and while the father was wedging down coal, a mass of stone fell and both were killed instantly |
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