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| 1897, 21st August ARCHIBALD WILSON PIT FATALITY NEAR SANQUHAR An unfortunate accident resulting in the death of Archibald Wilson, fireman, occurred on Saturday morning in the Gateside coal pit. About half past nine Alexander Morrison, a miner residing at Kirkconnel Village, was engaged in Gateside pit removing props from a wrought out seam and which had been drawn down early that morning. Seven props were left standing in the seam to hold up the roof till those that had been got out were removed. Wilson, who was employed by Mr. McConnel to look out for gas or fire, came along at that point and commenced to knock out one of the seven remaining props with a mash hammer. No sooner had he knocked out the prop than a stone of large dimensions fell from the roof on the top of Wilson, crushing him to the ground and partly burying him. Alexander Morrison saw the accident and called to his father, George Morrison, who was working close at hand. They attempted to lift the stone off Wilson, but were unsuccessful. They then procured the assistance of several others, who were working in another seam. But before they could extricate him they had to take the pavement from underneath the stone. Wilson was then dead. His body was removed to the pit head, and was conveyed to his house at Windyedge. Dr. Jackson, Sanquhar, who examined the body, pronounced death to be due to dislocation of the neck and breakage of the spinal cord. Deceased was forty years of age, and leaves a widow and one child, with whom much sympathy is felt in their sad bereavement.
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