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| 1956, 23rd October JOHN BAIRD FAULDHEAD COLLIERY ACCIDENT SURFACE WORKER DIES FROM INJURIES The residents of Kirkconnel were shocked on Tuesday morning on learning
of the death of 58-year-old Mr John Baird as the result of injures
sustained in an accident at Fauldhead Colliery. Mr Baird, who was
employed as a surface worker at the colliery, was engaged in unloading
a lorry-load of pit props late on Monday afternoon. His task was almost
completed when a bolster device, used to hold the timber in position
on the lorry, became disengaged and the wooden bolster pin struck
him on the head. He was taken to the medical centre at the colliery
for First-Aid treatment and was taken home by ambulance after being
attended to by the local doctor. Later in the evening he was removed
to the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, and afterwards when
being conveyed to Killearn Hospital, he died on the journey to Killearn
in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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