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1902,
22nd February
JAMES MILLIGAN
FATALITY AT KIRKCONNEL.
A sad fatality occurred on Saturday morning at Fauldhead Pit, Kirkconnel.
James Milligan, a miner, 28 years of age, who lived in Kirkconnel
Village, was engaged working in the morning in the creepie seam, when
suddenly a large piece of rock, estimated to weigh from ten to fifteen
hundredweights, fell on top of him and crushed him to the ground.
The occurrence was noticed by David Shankland and James Anderson,
who were working near at hand, and they called for help. A screw jack
was obtained with all haste, and the body, which was frightfully mutilated,
was released from below the stone. A doctor was sent for, but death
must have been instantaneous, and the body was removed to deceased's
home in Kirkconnel. The sad affair cast a gloom over the village,
deceased being well liked. He leaves a widow and one child, for whom
much sympathy is felt.
Dumfries & Galloway Standard 26/02/1902 / W / 4 / G - MM03
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