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Surname
BAILLIE
Forename
David (Injured)
Day
25
Month
04
Year
1934
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestonlinks
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
25 April 1934: Fatal Pit Accident - One Dead and Two Injured – Prestonpans Colliery – One man was killed and two were injured as the result of a fall of rock yesterday forenoon in Preston Links Colliery, Prestonpans, belonging to the Edinburgh Collieries Co (Ltd), Musselburgh. The dead man was George Fairbairn, an unmarried miner, who resided at Cuthill, Prestonpans , and the injured are Adam Flockhart (married), mining contractor, Cockenzie, and David Baillie (married), brusher, Eskview, Musselburgh. Flockhart and Baillie were removed to Edinburgh Infirmary, and it was stated last night that they were getting on as well as could be expected Hard Rescue Work - The accident occurred in the No.12 West Section, when the roof collapsed at one end, and four men were buried. One of them escaped uninjured but his companions were not so fortunate. Immediately the accident occurred all the men in the section close by ceased work and went to the rescue. They worked in relays in clearing a passage to the buried men, but it was not until shortly after one o'clock that the first man was reached. He was Baillie and he was immediately taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary severely crushed. The rescuers worked with feverish haste in trying to reach the other men, but it was only at three o clock that Flockhart was brought to the surface. He was suffering from a broken leg and a crushed foot. It required six hours of hard work to reach Fairbairn, who was dead. [Scotsman, 26 April 1934]