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Surname
BLAIR
Forename
William Campbell
Day
10
Month
06
Year
1915
Age
24
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
10 June 1915: Fatal Colliery Explosion At Kirkconnel – A serious explosion of gas occurred in the Bankhead section of No.3 Fauld Head Colliery, Kirkconnel yesterday forenoon, whereby one miner - Duncan Brodie, aged 36 - was killed and another man - William Campbell Blair, aged 24 - was seriously burned. Another miner - William Grierson - was also burned about the face and arms, but his condition is not serious. Fortunately the other men in the section managed to make good their escape by way of the return air course. Brodie and Blair were natives of Lugar, and had been working in Kirkconnel a considerable time. [Scotsman 11 June 1915]