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Surname
WEATHERALL
Forename
James
Day
28
Month
09
Year
1937
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. 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.