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Surname
DUNN
Forename
Robert
Day
15
Month
10
Year
1939
Age
40
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton [Blantyreferme No.3 Pit]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
15 October 1939: Glassford Miner Killed - Robert Dunn (40). Brusher, 34 Miller Street, Glassford. Near Strathaven, was killed outright and Bernard Docherty (48), 47 Clyde Street Newton, was severely injured as the result of an accident at Newton Colliery, Cambuslang, yesterday afternoon. The men were stripping the coal face in the L Section at Hallside Mine when a large rock fell, and Dunn was pinned against a pit prop, receiving head injuries which killed him instantly. Docherty was struck by filling debris, and received injuries to his head, left foot, and left shoulder. Men working nearby, hearing Docherty's shouts, ran to the scene and speedily extricated both men. [Glasgow Herald 16 October 1939]