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Surname
BAIRD
Forename
Alec
Day
12
Month
04
Year
1924
Age
50
Occupation
Undermanager
Mine/Quarry Name
Bellside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Auchinlea Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cleland
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 April 1924: Colliery Under-Manager’s Tragic Death - The death took place in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, on Saturday, of Mr. Alec Baird, under-manager of Bellside Colliery, Cleland and is supposed to have been due to shock sustained through imagining that a fall of coal had taken place. Mr Baird, who was about fifty years of age, was crawling along the coal face when suddenly a terrific report occurred, caused by a charge of gelignite having been fired. The under-manager was immediately rendered unconscious. Doctors who examined him at the colliery shortly after the accident came to the conclusion that Mr Baird, who was thoroughly conversant with the dangers of being in close proximity to where shots were fired, had sustained a severe shock from the fear that a fall of coal had taken place. He was only slightly injured. Mr Baird resided at Westwood Road, Newmains. [Motherwell Times 18 April 1924]