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Surname
GALLOWAY
Forename
Adam
Day
12
Month
08
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Broomside, Doctor's Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 August 1924: Explosion At Doctor’s Pit – One Man Killed – Another Injured - On Tuesday at mid-day another of those frequently recurring colliery fatalities which casts a gloom over the local mining communities took place at the Doctor’s Pit, Broomside Colliery, resulting in the death of one man and serious injury to another. It appears that Adam Galloway, a miner residing at Thistle• Street, Motherwell, and John Weir, a miner, residing at 252 Caledonian Street, Motherwell, were at work in the Pyotshaw seam, and in the course of the operations a shot was prepared with strum and gelignite, and Galloway and Weir had retired until it took effect. The explosion was delayed, however, and the men are said to have left their places of safety. Just then the shot went off, and both men were buried in the debris. Help was soon forthcoming and comrades commenced the task of removing the debris and extricating the unfortunate men. Drs. Robertson and Wyper were summoned, and were in attendance when the men were brought up. Galloway was found to be dead, he having received terrible injuries to head and body. Weir who was also severely injured on the head and body, had his injuries attended to, and was later removed to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The news of the sad occurrence caused a painful sensation in the colliery, where both men were held in high respect. A TRAGIC COINCIDENCE. - Adam Galloway, who lost his life in the accident, was a well-known bandsman. He was the conductor of the orchestra known as Galloway’s Orchestra, and his services were much in demand at social functions, It is a tragic coincidence that his father was killed in the same colliery twelve years ago, a few yards from the scene of yesterday’s accident. Adam Galloway was working in the same pit the day his father was killed. Galloway was a married man, and he leaves a widow and three of a family. Weir is also a married man with a family. [Motherwell Times 15 August 1924]