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Surname
BAIRD
Forename
James
Day
03
Month
09
Year
1938
Age
16
Occupation
Surface worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
3 September 1938: Boy Fatally Hurt At Coal Conveyor - A Bellshill boy, James Baird (16), who lived at Douglas Park Rows, Crossgates, died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Saturday as the result of an accident at his work the previous night. The boy was employed as a surface worker at No.5 Rosehall Colliery, near Bellshill, and it appears that his legs were caught in the conveyor which conveys the coal to the screening plant. His cries for help attracted the attention of a workmate, who switched off the machinery, but, it was some time before the injured boy was extricated. The colliery was idle on Saturday. [Scotsman 5 September 1938]