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Surname
CONDRON
Forename
Martin
Day
01
Month
03
Year
1922
Age
43
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
East Parkhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bellshill
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
1 March 1922: Fatal Colliery Explosion - An explosion took place on Wednesday morning in East Parkhead Colliery, at Bellshill, belonging to Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co Ltd. While nine men were engaged on the night shift in the black band seam, about three o'clock and explosion, presumed to be caused by an accumulation of gas, occurred. Martin Lawlor, 35, miner, residing at Parkhead Square and Martin Condron, 43, miner, residing at 292 Main Street, Bellshill, were killed outright, the body of Condron being found later a considerable distance away from his working place. The men in the vicinity were all more or less burned about the face, head and arms, and even the men at the pit bottom were thrown about as a result of the explosion. John Henderson, 33, machineman, Cochrane Street, Bellshill, was near to Condron and Lawlor and had a fortunate escape. Patrick McMeel, 30, miner, Orbiston Road; Michael Bradley, 30, miner, New Orbiston Rows,; and Thomas Rodger, sen, 60, Thos Rodgers jun, 25, Edward Rodgers 19 and Frank Rodgers, 14 – father and sons – all miners, residing at Old Orbiston Rows, were all injured. Henderson, the machineman, the two of the Rodgers, were able to proceed home after being attended to, but the other four men were removed to the Royal Infirmary. There has not been so serious an accident in the district since the Hattonrigg disaster 12 years ago. [Hamilton Advertiser 4 March 1922] An explosion occurred at Parkhead Colliery, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, yesterday morning. Two men were killed and seven others injured, among the latter being a man named Thomas Rogers and his three sons. The explosion, it is stated, occurred in the Blackband seam of the colliery, which belongs to Wilson's and Clyde Coal Company. The two men killed were Martin Lawlor, 35, and Martin Condron, 43, both married. [Times 2 March 1922]