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Surname
JACKSON
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
01
Year
1915
Age
50
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Gilbertfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
25 January 1915: Cambuslang – Colliery Accident – A serious accident occurred on Tuesday at the Humph Coal seam of Gilbertfield Colliery, owned by Messrs John Watson Limited at Cambuslang. A miner named John Jackson, 50 years of age, residing at 1 Church Street, Cambuslang, was engaged working with an electric coal cutting machine when he was caught in the mechanism. The machine was stopped promptly but Jackson was seriously injured sustaining fractures of both thighs. He was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the Cambuslang ambulance waggon. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 23 January 1915] Accident Proves Fatal – When John Jackson, a miner, who resided at 1 Church Street, was injured in Gilbertfield Colliery last week, little hope of his recovery was entertained. The worst fears of his wife and family were realised on Monday evening when intimation was received that he had died in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. As reported here last week, Jackson was at work in the humph coal seam of the colliery when he was caught in the revolving machinery of an electric coal cutter and had both legs fractured. He is survived by a widow and 5 children. [Hamilton Herald 30 January 1915]