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Surname
GILCHRIST
Forename
John
Day
11
Month
04
Year
1935
Age
21
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
11 April 1935: Kirkconnel Miners Idle Through Misunderstanding - The whole of the morning shift of miners employed at Fauldhead Collieries, Kirkconnel, were idle yesterday in unusual circumstances. Nearly eight hundred men are employed, and they proceeded to their work as usual, but when they were congregated at the pithead a story got abroad that a fatality had occurred during the night, It was seen that something was amiss, and the old mining custom of every man ceasing work when a comrade is fatally injured is still recognised. The men accordingly left the colliery and returned to their homes, only to learn afterwards that while a young miner had been injured nothing of a serious nature had occurred. This lad, John Gilchrist (21), Nithside Cottages, sustained body bruises through a steel prop falling on him. The loss of the day's output seriously handicapped the management, because the demand for coal is exceptionally good. The loss was partially recovered by many men going out on the afternoon shift. [Scotsman 12 April 1935]