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Surname
POWER
Forename
Harry
Day
12
Month
08
Year
1937
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyreferme
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
12 August 1937: Harry Power and William Laird, both of Uddingston were affected in a gassing accident at Blantyre Ferme Colliery, owned by A.G. Moore and Co Ltd, Uddingston on 12th August 1937. The men were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Immediately the alarm was raised, the men in the pit were rushed to the top. It was learned then that there were still five men below. Assistance was sent down and Power and Laird were brought up. Police and ambulance wagons stood by waiting for the other men being brought to the surface. The other men returned to the surface unaffected. Over 200 men who were due to descend for the back shift were unable to go down the shaft and were temporarily thrown idle. Two Miners Gassed In Blantyre Pit – Overcome In Old Workings: Timely Rescue By Officials - Two Uddingston men — Hugh Power, 1 Livingstone Terrace, and William Laird, 46 Laighmuir Street – were overcome by gas while engaged at work in Blantyre Ferme Colliery yesterday afternoon. Power, who had been sent out on an errand, evidently went out of his way and wandered into an old section, where he collapsed from the effects of gas. The oversman, James Lang, becoming anxious at Power's non-return, went into the old workings and found him lying unconscious. Lang then called on Laird to assist him, and in the process of getting Power out Laird too was overcome. With the help of the colliery manager, the two men were eventually got out, and after medical attention in the ambulance room they were removed by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. It was reported at the Royal Infirmary last night that the condition of both men had greatly improved. [Glasgow Herald 13 August 1937]