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Surname
CONNOR
Forename
Duncan
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1929
Age
37
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 January 1929: Miner Electrocuted – Lady Doctor Descends Pit - When a number of men were at work on Saturday in the main coal section of Newton No.1 Colliery, Cambuslang, which is owned by A.G. Moore & Co. (Ltd.), one of them, Duncan Connor, came into contact with the electric current, and was killed instantaneously. The deceased was 37 years of age, and resided at 9 Clyde Street, Newton He leaves a widow and child. Thomas Lochrie; another miner, 25 Clyde Street, Newton, was also affected, but after medical attention recovered consciousness, and was removed home suffering from shock. Samuel Templeton, 64 Dunlop Street, Newton, had a narrow escape of being involved in the accident, as he left his comrades just as the accident occurred. When intimation of the accident was conveyed to Dr Anne Mitchell, Newton, she proceeded at once to the colliery, where she was joined by the Rev. George Galbraith, M.C., St Charles R.C. Church. Newton, and together they descended into the mine and walked half a mile through the workings to the scene of the accident. Artificial respiration was tried for three hours by Dr Mitchell in an attempt to revive Connor, but without success. Owing to the accident, the miners stopped work and the colliery was thrown idle for the day. [Scotsman 7 January 1929]