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Surname
MacKAY
Forename
Robert
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Spindleside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Murdostoun Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Cleland
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
18 March 1921: Manager and Engineer Fatally Injured - An accident of a distressing nature took place on Friday afternoon at Spindleside Colliery, Cleland, resulting in the death of Robert Mackay, colliery manager, The Cottage, Carlisle Road, Bellside, and Thomas Buchanan, electrical engineer, Calderbank. The two men were engaged lifting the so'e plate and cylinder of a haulage engine from a motor lorry on to a bogey with a jib crane, when part of the crane snapped, and the jib fell, striking the manager and the engineer. Mr Mackay sustained a fracture of the skull, and Mr Buchanan has his spine injured. Both were removed to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, where they died the same evening. The remains of Mr Mackay were laid to rest on Tuesday to Cambusnethan Cemetery. The funeral was a public one, and was attended by many members of the public. [Motherwell Times 25 March 1921]