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Surname
REID
Forename
John Stark
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1931
Age
41
Occupation
Underground Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Tannochside, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
3 November 1931: Two miners were killed by a fall of roof at No.2 Tannochside Colliery, Bellshill, near Glasgow, yesterday. The men, John Stark Reid, 41, an underground foreman, of Bankroad, Coatbridge, and James Frew, 22, miner, of Bent-crescent, Fauldhouse-road, Bellshill, were attending to an underground pump when the roof collapsed and they were buried. Miners and volunteers assisted in clearing away the debris, but when the men were extricated they were found to be dead. [The Times 4 November 1931]