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Surname
EARLE
Forename
Peter
Day
10
Month
12
Year
1927
Age
50
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
10 December 1927: Mining Fatality at Kirkconnel – In No.3 Fauldhead Colliery, Kirkconnel, on Saturday, Peter Earle (50), a widower, who resided at Kingsway, was killed instantaneously. Deceased was engaged in repair work when, without warning, a stone weighing almost three tons fell from the roof and crushed him. The stone was one known among miners as "potlids," much dreaded because of their deceptive ring when being tested. In the same colliery Adam Lorimer, Kellsbank, was crushed between a rake of hutches and sustained injuries on the legs. Charles Wilson, miner, Kelloholm, also sustained injuries to his hand. All those accidents occurred about the same time, but in different parts of the colliery. [Scotsman 12 December 1927]