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Details of Event: 7 September 1920: Accident At Kirkconnel Pit – Miner Fatally Injured - A sad mining fatality occurred in No.3 Fauldhead Colliery, Kirkconnel, yesterday morning, whereby a young miner, Matthew Lindsay, aged 23, son of and residing with Mr John Lindsay, Kingsway Street, Kellobank, lost his life. He and his father were working a coal place, and about 8am the father was engaged boring a hole for the purpose of blasting. Deceased was in the act of filling a hutch with coals a few feet distant from the face where his father was working. Suddenly, and without giving any warning, a large stone fell from the roof and struck him on the head, fracturing his skull. The father at once raised the alarm, and Jas. Baillie and a miner named Hill, who were working in the next place, at once ran to his assistance, and removed the stone. They spoke to him, but received no reply, he was conveyed with all haste to the pithead in an unconscious condition. He was examined by Dr Edgar, and afterwards conveyed home. He passed away at 11.30, three and a half hours after the accident without regaining consciousness. The sad occurrence created a painful sensation in the village. Deceased was a youth of an unassuming and quiet disposition, and was held in high esteem in the village. [Dumfries and Galloway Standard 8 September 1920]