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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Aberdeenshire => Topic started by: raggyroo on Tuesday 20 November 12 11:53 GMT (UK)
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hi im looking for information on the where abouts in aberdeen their was wunnels being dug or tunnels collaspsed in aberdeen around december 1977 if anybody knows anything as iv tried google and not found anything thanks raggyroo
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Have you tried contacting Aberdeen City Library? If you look at the "Link to Aberdeenshire Resources" board, you'll find the contact details for the Local Studies Department.The staff are very helpful. They can search the Press & Journal for you.
good Luck in your search,
flst
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thanks ill go have a look
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Raggyroo, I have lived in Aberdeen since the early 50's. I can not recall any tunnel collapse. Can you give us more information.
Regards
Malky
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hi makly im not actually sure if it was tunnels it was just a thought that it might of been or something like that all i know is that the person in question was working and something happened and he was burried alive i know the death was regsetered in aberdeen but it maybe didnt happen in aberdeen and i do also know they were liveing in aberdeen at the time of death hope that helps raggyroo
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Do you have the death certificate? Also it would make it easier to look for information if we knew the name of the person involved.
If it was an accident at work there would have been some sort of investigation, which should have generated records, though I am not sure where such records would be.
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hi and no i dont have the actuall cert just what i got on sp which cleared where the death was regestered i got the actual date of death from something i found in a family members home his name is norman petrie hope that helps
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So you have an exact date of death then? Your initial post just said around December 1977. The death certificate will probably have a Corrected Entry that will tell you what sort of investigation there was into the death (assuming it was accidental, which seems fairly obvious) and where and which sort of court it was in, which is what you need to access the records.
I've checked the Scotsman archive, and there's no mention there of Norman Petrie.
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thanks for that yes i only got the actual date after i put the post on sorry i should of modified it. i thought it would of been documented in a news paper of some sort but cant seam to find any thing i just wanted to know more about what happened to him and being from around aberdeen and not heard anything about it before i was just cruious lol thnks for all help given
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raggyroo, have you contacted the library yet?
flst
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hi flist yes i have today waiting for them to e mail me thanks :)
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I did wonder if it might have been the collapse of the Zoology Building at Aberdeen University, as workmen were killed then, but it happened in 1966. The library should be able to help with newspaper articles.
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thanks for that it could be if the person wrote the wrong date down thanks for letting me know
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There is no death of a Norman Petrie in the SP index for 1966. There is one in 1977, and one in 1979.
You need to get the information from the death certificate.
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For the '77 death, the age is recorded as 48.
Regards
Malky
The men who died in the zoology building collapse were :-Mr. Albert Shand, 39 Wallfield Crescent; Mr. Robert Will, 12 Ashgrove Gardens North; Mr. John Hekelaar, 27 Invercauld Gardens; and Mr. James G. Matthew, 37 Victoria Road – all of Aberdeen and Mr. Robert Malcolm Ross (22), steel erector, of Drumnahoy, Sauchen, Aberdeenshire
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its the one in 77 that i have the info on and the age of 48 is correct thanks for all your help
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hi thanks to all that has helped with this topic but i have now compleated it thanks to the libary it was a trench that colapsed in dec 1977
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Pleased you got the info you were looking for.Just out of interest,whereabouts did the accident happen?
flst
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it was bucksburn aberdeen they were fixing dranage for a center and the trench collasped