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Surname
GILCHRIST
Forename
Alexander
Day
13
Month
06
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Thankerton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
McAndrew & Co. Ltd
Location
Holytown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Whilst engaged in his duties at No.4 Thankerton pit on Monday afternoon, Mr Alex. Gilchrist of Sunnyside Avenue, Holytown, sustained injuries which proved fatal. One of the accounts of the accident is that several men had been engaged in propping up a wall of stone to allow coal to be removed, when, unaccountably, a corner of the wall gave way and Mr Gilchrist was pinned beneath a portion of the wall. When he had been removed it was found he was badly injured. He was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary where he died about 3am on Tuesday morning.