Full Details

Surname

WALKER

Forename

John

Day

20

Month

12

Year

1911

Age

63

Occupation

Loco. Driver

Mine/Quarry Name

Castlehill

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Shotts Iron Co. Ltd

Location

Carluke

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

Driving a locomotive which had a separate bogie for coal, and was pushing five full waggons round a curve, which the locomotive became derailed. The coal bogie up ended and he was jammed between the iron rails, carrying the back part of the cab and the front of the fire box, and killed.