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Surname
BERRY
Forename
John
Day
28
Month
09
Year
1937
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Dixon's
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
28 September 1937: Three Men Injured in Blantyre Mishaps – Two Victims in Critical Condition - Two miners suffered injuries as a result of which they are in a critical condition, and a third was crushed and bruised, in three accidents which occurred yesterday in Blantyre collieries. The Priory Colliery, which belongs to William Baird and Co., Ltd., was the scene of two of the accidents. In the first of these James Weatherall (23), who resides at 1 Rose Crescent, Burnbank, Hamilton, was seated at the coal face in the Virgin coal seam and engaged in boring a hole when a large heavy stone fell on his back from the roof and pinned him down. On being extricated from the debris he was at once removed to the surface, and on the arrival of a doctor it was seen that his condition was serious He was removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Another accident occurred in the afternoon in No.3 Ell coal seam, when Peter M'Gibbon, who resides at 58 Mill Road, Hamilton, was caught by a rake of runaway hutches Although M'Gibbon was crushed and bruised, however, a doctor who was called did not consider it necessary to remove him to the infirmary. Shot-firing Accident - The third accident occurred in Messrs Dixon's colliery in High Blantyre. A young man named John Berry, whose home is at 83 Broompark Road, High Blantyre, was engaged in firing a shot, and on its exploding he sustained the full force of the charge on his head and body. Suffering from severe punctured wounds on shoulders and arms, he also was removed to Glasgow Royal infirmary. On inquiry last night at the infirmary it was learned that the condition of both men admitted was critical. [Glasgow Herald 28 September 1937]