Full Details

Surname

YOUNG

Forename

William

Day

23

Month

09

Year

1914

Age

67

Occupation

Surface Worker

Mine/Quarry Name

Chapel

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Chapel Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Wishaw

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

He was attempting to cross a line of rails and was knocked down by a Caledonian Railway Company's locomotive, which had apparently run past the coal washery without whistling. He died on October 26th.