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Surname
LAIRD
Forename
Primrose
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carronhall, William Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carron Co.
Location
Kinnaird
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
16 February 1915: ACCIDENT AT CARRONHALL COLLIERY. The same jury investigated the death of Primrose Laird, miner, Carronhall Row, Symington Road, Carron, which was alleged to have been caused by a stone falling on his toes whilst employed on 18th November, 1912, in William Pit, Carronhall Colliery, occupied by Carron Company. Mr Thos. Gibson, W.S., appeared for the deceased’s relatives, and T.L. Scott, solicitor, for the employers. The evidence showed that on the 18th November, 1912, about breakfast-time, as deceased was lifting what he afterwards described as a small stone it fell on his toe. He finished his shift that day, but worked very little. It was evident that he was suffering from the effects of the accident, as some of the men in the mine saw him staggering about, and he had to be helped to the surface, and was subsequently conveyed home in a motor car by Dr Ronald, who “picked him up on the road. Deceased made light of the injury, and declined to have it examined or dressed by an oversman. When he arrived home he informed his daughter, Jeanie Laird, of the accident, and few days later he complained of a pain in his back. Dr Cribbes subsequently attended him, told him to bathe his foot, and examined his back, which he did not say much about. Later on, deceased was attended by Dr Wright. In the following February he made an attempt to go to work one snowy morning, but he was noticed unwell, and was advised to return home. From February he was an invalid, and on February 16th this year he died. Dr W.F. Wright, Carronshore, gave evidence to the effect that he found deceased suffering from a form of paralysis, but he would not attribute his condition to a stone falling upon his toe. The form of paralysis from which deceased suffered was a trouble which resulted from an accident, and if it did not no one could know what caused it. The paralysis in deceased's case was not due the injury to the foot, which he understood was healed in three weeks. The jury returned a formal verdict. [Falkirk Herald 17 July 1915]