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| 1936, 23rd June PETER BLACK KIRKCONNEL MINER KILLED. Fall of Stone at Fauldhead Pit. No. 3 Pit, Fauldhead Colliery, Kirkconnel, was the scene of a distressing
accident last night, in which a young miner, Peter Black, aged 17,
3 New Buildings, Main Street, was fatally injured by a fall of stone
from the roof. Along with another workman, Robert Queen, he was employed
in the Kello mine, Braehead, and was engaged in haulage work. During
the evening he found it necessary to go along the haulage road, and
when he seemed long in returning Queen went in search of him and discovered
him lying on the roadway buried under a large stone. Queen immediately
telephoned the Section for assistance, and in a short time a number
of miners appeared on the scene. The stone was removed, and it was
found that the man was dead. Dr Bowman Edgar, Kirkconnel, was summoned
and on examination he found that death was instantaneous, the skull
having been fractured.
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