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Surname
GILFILLAN
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1938
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dumbreck, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
16 April 1938: Fatality At End of Shift - Almost on finishing-up time in the Dumbreck No.2 Colliery, Kilsyth, belonging to William Baird & Co., Ltd., a serious accident took place on Saturday, involving the death of one man and severe injuries to another. A large stone weighing several hundredweights unexpectedly fell out of the roof of the workings and caught James Gilfillan, miner, Maxwell Place, Kilsyth, and John Murphy, miner, Barrwood Cottages, Kilsyth. When extricated, Gilfillan was found, to have been killed outright, his neck being broken, while Murphy was injured about the neck and legs. Murphy was taken to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. Gilfillan, who was a married man of 30 years of age, leaves a widow and two children. [Scotsman 18 April 1938] Kilsyth Colliery Death - A Second Death - The death took place yesterday at Glasgow Royal Infirmary of John Murphy, Barrwood Cottages, Kilsyth, who succumbed to injuries received in an accident in Dumbreck No.2 Colliery, Kilsyth, on Saturday. Murphy had been at work along with James Gilfillan, Maxwell Place, Kilsyth, when a large boulder fell on them. Gilfillan was killed outright, and Murphy was badly injured. Murphy was a married man of 27 years of age. [Scotsman 23 April 1938]